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. |
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Page 237
... Truth " . He wrote as easily as he spoke and , even when most diffuse , was never dull . He had an uncommon gift for narrative ; he was a raconteur of the first order ; and when he wrote of his own variegated adventures it was with an ...
... Truth " . He wrote as easily as he spoke and , even when most diffuse , was never dull . He had an uncommon gift for narrative ; he was a raconteur of the first order ; and when he wrote of his own variegated adventures it was with an ...
Page 248
... Truth " , which meant , he explained , a new and better " World " . It was a success from the start and was soon making large profits . Labouchere wrote the City article , was the paper's dramatic critic and contributed amusing ...
... Truth " , which meant , he explained , a new and better " World " . It was a success from the start and was soon making large profits . Labouchere wrote the City article , was the paper's dramatic critic and contributed amusing ...
Page 321
... truth ; whereupon it was remarked that it was scarcely logical to be so much together in public . ( No really provident woman lunches regularly with her husband if she wishes to burst upon him as a revelation at dinner . He must have ...
... truth ; whereupon it was remarked that it was scarcely logical to be so much together in public . ( No really provident woman lunches regularly with her husband if she wishes to burst upon him as a revelation at dinner . He must have ...
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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