 One advantage, I think, I still have over all of them. They may do their fooling with better grace ; but I, like Sir Andrew Aguecheek. do it more natural. They have to read old books, and consult antiquarian collections, to get their knowledge ; I write...  The Age of Tennyson - Page 78by Hugh Walker - 1904 - 309 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 418 pages
...of the style. One advantage, I think, I still have over all of them. They may do their fooling with better grace ; but I, like Sir Andrew Aguecheek, do...possess, thanks to a strong memory, the information which they have to seek for. This leads to a dragging-in historical details by head and shoulders,... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 418 pages
...advantage, I think, I still have over all of them. They may do their fooling with better grace ; but T, like Sir Andrew Aguecheek, do it more natural. They...possess, thanks to a strong memory, the information which they have to seek for. This leads to a dragging-in historical details by head and shoulders,... | |
 | 1838 - 1080 pages
...its rival, — its characters less bold and * Chamfort, Œuv. i. 302. See Diary, vol. vi. p. 386. " They have to read old books and consult antiquarian...possess, thanks to a strong memory, the Information which they have tg seek for," &c. incidents less daring and romantic ; there is little in it merely... | |
 | 1838 - 782 pages
...characters less bold and prominent and full, — its * Cbamfort, CEuv. i. 302. See Diary, vol. vi. p. 386. " They have to read old books and consult antiquarian...works, and possess, thanks to a strong memory, the in* formation which they have to seek for," &c. 20 LoMarl's Life of Scott. [July, incidents less daring... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 396 pages
...style. One advantage, I think, I still have over all of them. They may do their fooling with l>etter grace ; but I, like Sir Andrew Aguecheek, do it more...possess, thanks to a strong memory, the information which they have to seek for. This leads to a dragging-in historical details by head and shoulders,... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 396 pages
...of the style. One advantage, I think, I still have over all of them. They may do their fooling with better grace ; but I, like Sir Andrew Ague.cheek, do it more natural. They have to read old hooks, and consult antiquarian collections, to get their knowledge ; I write because I have long since... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1848 - 402 pages
...of the style. One advantage, I think, I still have over all of them. They may do their fooling with better grace ; but I, like Sir Andrew Aguecheek, do...knowledge ; I write because I have long since read such ( , S LIFE O* Sia WALTER SCOTT. works, and possess, thanks to a strong memory, the information which... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1882 - 402 pages
...of the style. One advantage, I think, I still have over all of them. They may do their fooling with better grace ; but I, like Sir Andrew Aguecheek, do...possess, thanks to a strong memory, the information which they have to seek for. This leads to a dragging-in historical details by head and shoulders,... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1882 - 400 pages
...of the style. One advantage, I think, I still have over all of them. They may do their fooling with better grace ; but I, like Sir Andrew Aguecheek. do...possess, thanks to a strong memory, the information which they have to seek for. This leads to a dragging-in historical details by head and shoulders,... | |
 | 1887 - 548 pages
...those of the style. One advantage I think I still have over all of them. They may do their fooling with better grace ; but I, like Sir Andrew Aguecheek, do...possess, thanks to a strong memory, the information which they have to seek for. This leads to a dragging-in historical details by head and shoulders,... | |
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