 There is a man in our own days whose words are not framed to tickle delicate ears ; who, to my thinking, comes before the great ones of society much as the son of Imlah came before the throned kings of Judah and Israel ; and who speaks truth as deep,...  The Life of William Makepeace Thackeray - Seite 224von Lewis Saul Benjamin - 1899 - 341 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Clark Russell - 1871 - 550 Seiten
...delicate ears ; who, to my thinking, comes before the great ones of society much as the son of Imlah came before the throned Kings of Judah and Israel, and...speaks truth as deep, with a power as prophet-like and vital — a mien as dauntless and as daring. — Ibid, Thackeray was without Scott's feudal sympathies,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1881 - 856 Seiten
...society much as the son of Imlah came before the throned kings of Judah and Israel; and who ppeaki truth as deep, with a power as prophet-like and as vital— a mien as dauntless and a» daring. I» the satirist of 'Vanity Fair 'admired in high places? I cannot tell: bnt I think if... | |
 | Sidney Lanier - 1883 - 312 Seiten
...delicate ears ; who, to my thinking, comes before the great ones of society much as the son of Imlah came before the throned kings of Judah and Israel ; and...I think if some of those amongst whom he hurls the Greek-fire of his sarcasm, and over whom he flashes the levinbrand of his denunciation, were to take... | |
 | 1886 - 408 Seiten
...delicate ears ; who, to my thinking, comes before the great ones of society, much as the son of Imlah came before the throned Kings of Judah and Israel ; and...places ? I cannot tell ; but I think if some of those among whom he hurls the Greek fire of his sarcasm, and over whom he flashes the levin-brand of his... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford - 1888 - 420 Seiten
...delicate ears ; who, to my thinking, comes before the great ones of society much as the son of Imlah came before the throned kings of Judah and Israel ; and...I think if some of those amongst whom he hurls the Greekfire of his sarcasm, and over whom he flashes the levin-brand of his denunciation, were to take... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1890 - 494 Seiten
...ears ; who, to my thinking, comes before the great ones of society, nruch as the son of Imlah came before the throned Kings of Judah and Israel ; and...deep, with a power as prophet-like and as vital — a mein as dauntless and as daring. Is the satirist of "Vanity Fair" admired in high places ? I can not... | |
 | Sidney Lanier - 1892 - 312 Seiten
...delicate ears; who, to my thinking, comes before the great ones of society much as the son of Imlah came before the throned kings of Judah and Israel; and...truth as deep, with a power as prophet-like and as vital—a mien as dauntless and as daring. Is the satirist of Vanity Fair admired in high places ?... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 452 Seiten
...ears ; who, to my thinking, comes before the great ones of society much as the son of I mían саme before the throned kings of Judah and Israel ; and...mien as dauntless and as daring. Is the satirist of " Vauity Fair" admired in high places ? I cannot tell ; but I think if some of those amongst whom he... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1893 - 372 Seiten
...delicate ears: who, to my thinking, comes before the great ones of society, much as the son of Imlah came before the throned Kings of Judah and Israel; and...truth as deep, with a power as prophet-like and as vital—a mien as dauntless and^as daring. Is the satirist of " Vanity Fair " admired in high places... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1897 - 616 Seiten
...delicate ears : who, to my thinking, comes before the great ones of society, much as the son of Imlah came before the throned Kings of Judah and Israel ; and...high places ? I cannot tell ; but I think if some of tiiose amongst whom he hurls the Greek fire of his sarcasm, and over whom he flashes the levin-brand... | |
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