English WitsLeonard Russell Hutchinson, 1940 - 349 pages Essays by several authors on Pope, Johnson, Wilde, Whistler, Smith, Hook, Lamb, Sheridan, Wilkes, Labouchere, Beerbohm, Shaw, "Saki", and Mitford. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 23
Page 54
... Oscar Wilde's enthusiasm for Whistler , which succeeded without eclipsing , however , his earlier admiration of the pre - Raphaelites , did not pro- pitiate that painter , who was exasperated by airs of authority in one whose taste ...
... Oscar Wilde's enthusiasm for Whistler , which succeeded without eclipsing , however , his earlier admiration of the pre - Raphaelites , did not pro- pitiate that painter , who was exasperated by airs of authority in one whose taste ...
Page 58
... Oscar Wilde's delight in his conception of himself , which he so often dramatised to the exhilaration of the others , persuading them for the time that all life was malleable to the imagination . Though Oscar Wilde was only a second ...
... Oscar Wilde's delight in his conception of himself , which he so often dramatised to the exhilaration of the others , persuading them for the time that all life was malleable to the imagination . Though Oscar Wilde was only a second ...
Page 67
... Wilde's reputation in private life was far from good ; and though in their own eyes they belonged to the Irish gentry , and were affiliated to it , it is doubtful if in Ireland , where eighteenth - century standards of ... OSCAR WILDE 67.
... Wilde's reputation in private life was far from good ; and though in their own eyes they belonged to the Irish gentry , and were affiliated to it , it is doubtful if in Ireland , where eighteenth - century standards of ... OSCAR WILDE 67.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
A. J. A. SYMONS admiration amusing artist asked audience Boswell Bute called character Charles Lamb charm Coleridge critic D. B. WYNDHAM LEWIS delightful dinner Dunciad EDITOR enemies England English essays eyes famous father feeling genius give honour Hook's House humour ideas Johnson joke King knew Labouchere Lady Lamb Lamb's later laugh letters libel literary lived London look Lord Lord Byron Mary Mary Russell Mitford mind Mitford nature never North Briton once Oscar Wilde Oxford perhaps person play political poor Pope Pope's reader remark replied Saki satire Shakespeare Shaw Shaw's Sheridan Sherry Smith speech spirit story style Sydney Smith talk tell theatre Theodore Hook thing thought Three Mile Cross tion to-day told took truth Voltaire Whigs Whistler Wilde's Wilkes Wilkes's witty woman word writing wrote young