 | Thomas N. Brown - 1859 - 360 pages
...GiaiitKiller, Jack and the Bean Stalk, The Yellow Dwarf, Blue Beard, Sinbad the Sailor, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin or the Wonderful Lamp; and passed from...we may designate, not inappropriately, our Scottish Martyrology — " Howie's Scots' Worthies," " ]STaphthali, or the Hind let loose," " The Cloud of Witnesses,"... | |
 | Hugh Miller - Education - 1854 - 600 pages
...With what power, and at how early an age, true genius impresses ! I saw, even at this immature period, that no other writer could cast a javelin with half the force of Homer. The missiles went whizzing athwart his pages ; and I could see the momentary gleam of the steel, ere... | |
 | Hugh Miller - Authors, Scottish - 1854 - 572 pages
...power, and at how early an age, true genius im presses ! I saw, even at this immature period, that 110 other writer could cast a javelin with half the force of Homer. Tht missiles went whizzing athwart his pages ; and 1 could see the momentary gleam of the steel, ere... | |
 | American literature - 1855 - 654 pages
...time, in Pope's translation, were decided by the young critic to be master-pieces. " I saw," says he, " that no other writer could cast a javelin with half the force of Homer. The missiles went whizzing athwart his pages, and I could see the momentary gleam of the steel, ere... | |
 | Hugh Miller - Education - 1855 - 560 pages
...With what power, and at how early an age, true genius impresses ! I saw, even at this immature period, that no other writer could cast a javelin with half the force of Homer. The missiles went whizzing athwart his pages ; and I could see the momentary gleam of the steel, ere... | |
 | Hugh Miller - Education - 1855 - 570 pages
...With what power, and at how early an age, true genius impresses ! I saw, even at this immature period, that no other writer could cast a javelin with half the force of Homer. The missiles went whizzing athwart his pages ; and I could see the momentary gleam of the steel, ere... | |
 | 1855 - 670 pages
...time, in Pope's translation, were decided by the young critic to be master-pieces. " I saw," says he, " that no other writer could cast a javelin with half the force of Homer. The missiles went whizzing athwart iis pages, and I could see the momentary gleam of the steel, ere... | |
 | Thomas N. Brown - Authors, Scottish - 1858 - 340 pages
...GiantKiller, Jack and the Bean Stalk, The Yellow Dwarf, Blue Beard, Sinbad the Sailor, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin or the Wonderful Lamp ; and passed...we may designate, not inappropriately, our Scottish Martyrology —"Howie's Scot's Worthies," "Naphthali, or the Hind let loose," " The Cloud of Witnesses,"... | |
 | Thomas N. Brown - Evolution (Biology) - 1858 - 368 pages
...GiantKiller, Jack and the Bean Stalk, The Yellow Dwarf, Blue Beard, Sinbad the Sailor, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin or the "Wonderful Lamp; and passed...we may designate, not inappropriately, our Scottish Martyrology — "Howie's Scots' Worthies," " Naphthali, or the Hind let loose," " The Cloud of Witnesses,"... | |
 | Thomas N. Brown - Authors, Scottish - 1858 - 340 pages
...GiantKiller, Jack and the Bean Stalk, the Yellow Dwarf, Blue Beard, Sinbad the Sailor, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp; and passed...production of the tinker of Elstow—" The Pilgrim's Progress"—a sacred Iliad; and subsequently he made the acquaintance of that class of works which... | |
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Bernard Lintot. With what power and at how early an age true genius impresses ! I saw, even at this immature period, that no other writer could cast a javelin with half the force of Homer. The missiles went whizzing athwart his pages; and I could see... 
