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" That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements and feelings and characters of ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The Big Bow-wow strain I can do myself like any now going ; but the exquisite touch, which renders... "
Addresses and Speeches on Various Occasions: 1869-1879 [i.e. 1878 - Page 157
by Robert Charles Winthrop - 1878
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Stanley: Or, The Recollections of a Man of the World, Volume 1

Horace Binney Wallace - 1838 - 264 pages
...Bow-wow strain I can do myself like any now going ; but the exquisite touch, which renders ordinary common-place things and characters interesting, from...the description and the sentiment is denied to me. What a pity such a gifted creature died so early." ...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 67

1838 - 596 pages
...involvements, and feelings, ' and characters of ordinary life;' — 'the exquisite touch which ren' tiers commonplace things and characters interesting from the ' truth of the description and the sentiment. '§ In this talent the female novel writers of Great Britain surpass those of France. In bold and startling...
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Memoirs of the life of sir Walter Scott [by J.G. Lockhart].

John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 434 pages
...Bow-wow strain I can do myself like any now going ; but the exquisite touch, which renders ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting, from...the description and the sentiment, is denied to me. What a pity such a gifted creature died so early ! "March 15. — This morning I leave No. 39, Castle...
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Volume 8

John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 430 pages
...Bow-wow strain I can do myself like any now going ; but the exquisite touch, which renders ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting, from...the description and the sentiment, is denied to me. What a pity such a gifted creature died so early ! "March 15. — -This morning I leave No. 39, Castle...
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Memoirs of the Literary Ladies of England: From the Commencement ..., Volume 1

Anne Katharine Curteis Elwood - 1843 - 368 pages
...which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The big bow-wow strain I can do myself like any now going ; but the exquisite touch, which renders commonplace...the description and the sentiment, is denied to me. What a pity such a gifted creature should have died so young !" And even at Malta, when, in December...
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The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 19

1848 - 700 pages
...l>oic-wow strain I can do myself, like any now going; but the exquisite touch which renders ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting from the truth of the description and sentiment, is denied to me. What a pity such a gifted creature died 50 early." 20. — Glimptes of...
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Hunt's Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 19

Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - 1848 - 726 pages
...bow-wow strain I can do myself, like any now going; but the exquisite touch which renders ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting from the truth of the description and sentiment, is denied to me. What a pity such a gifted creature died so early." 20. — Glimpucs of...
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Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 19

1848 - 706 pages
...bow-irow strain I can do myself, like any now going ; but the exquisite touch which renders ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting from the truth of the description and sentiment, is denied to me. What a pity such a gifted creature died so early." 20. — Glimpses of...
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The Family friend [ed. by R.K. Philp].

Robert Kemp Philp - 1855 - 936 pages
...big bowwow strain I can do myself, like any now going; but the exquisite touch which renders ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting, from...the description and the sentiment, is denied to me. What a pity such a gifted creature died so early !'' A few days afterwards, remarking upon another...
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Notes and Queries

1911 - 574 pages
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