 PITT. By Lord ROSEBERY. TIMES. — " Brilliant and fascinating. . . . The style is terse, masculine, nervous, articulate, and clear ; the grasp of circumstance and character is firm, penetrating, luminous, and unprejudiced ; the judgment is broad, generous,...  Montrose - Page 221by Mowbray Morris - 1892 - 229 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1895 - 526 pages
...merits. It is a clever, thoughtful, and interesting biography." PITT. By LORD ROSEBERY. T/M£S.—gt Brilliant and fascinating. . . . The style is terse,...The portrait of Fox, for example, is a masterpiece." PEEL. By JR THURSFIELD. DAILY NEWS.— "A model of what such a book should be. We can give it no higher... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1891 - 280 pages
...Statesmen.) TIMES.—". . . The style is terse, masculine, nervous, articulate, and clear ; thegrasp of. circumstance and character is firm, penetrating,...broad, generous, humane, and scrupulously candid, even when it provokes dissent ; and the whole book is irradiated with incessant flashes of genial and... | |
 | James Gairdner - Great Britain - 1892 - 238 pages
...and fascinating little book that Lord Rosebery possesses literary gifts of a very high order. . . . The style is terse, masculine, nervous, articulate,...broad, generous, humane, and scrupulously candid, even when it provokes dissent; and the whole book is irradiated with incessant flashes of genial and... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1892 - 300 pages
...human interest." Pitt. By LORD ROSEBERT. Crown 8vo. 2s 6d. (Twelve English Statesmen.) TIMES.—". . . The style is terse, masculine, nervous, articulate,...broad, generous, humane, and scrupulously candid, even when it provokes dissent ; and the whole book is irradiated with incessant flashes of genial and... | |
 | David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - English periodicals - 1892 - 548 pages
...and fascinating little book that Lord Rosebery possesses literary gifts of a very high order. . . . The style is terse, masculine, nervous, articulate,...broad, generous, humane, and scrupulously candid, even when it provokes dissent ; and the whole book is irradiated with incessant flashes of genial and... | |
 | Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Spenser Wilkinson - Great Britain - 1892 - 422 pages
...human interest." Pitt. By LORD BOSEBERY. Crown 8vo. 2s 6d. (Twelve English Statesmen.) TIMES. -". . . The style is terse, masculine, nervous, articulate,...broad, generous, humane, and scrupulously candid, even when it provokes dissent ; and the whole book is irradiated with incessant flashes of genial and... | |
 | Henry Duff Traill - Great Britain - 1892 - 206 pages
...history on such a scale should be." CHATHAM. By JOHN MORLEY. [In the Press PITT. By LORD ROSEBERY. TIMES—" Brilliant and fascinating. . . . The style...character is firm, penetrating, luminous, and unprejudiced j the judgment is broad, generous, humane, and scrupulously candid. . . . It is not only a luminous... | |
 | Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Spenser Wilkinson - Commonwealth countries - 1892 - 304 pages
...Statesmen.) TIMES.—". . . The style is terse, masculine, nervous, articulate, and clear ; thegrasp of circumstance and character is firm, penetrating,...broad, generous, humane, and scrupulously candid, even when it provokes dissent ; and the whole book is irradiated with incessant flashes of genial and... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1892 - 292 pages
...Statesmen.) TIMES.—". . . The style is terse, masculine, nervous, articulate, and clear ; thegrasp of circumstance and character is firm, penetrating,...broad, generous, humane, and scrupulously candid, even when it provokes dissent ; and the whole book is irradiated with incessant flashes of genial and... | |
 | Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Spenser Wilkinson - Great Britain - 1892 - 474 pages
...Interest." Pitt. By LORD EOSKBEBY. Crown 8vo. 2* <od. (Twelve Enyliih Statemen.) TIMES. -". . . The stylo Is terse, masculine, nervous, articulate, and clear ; the grasp of circumstance and character is l,nn, penetrating, luminous. and unprejudiced ; the judgment Is broad, gcmernus, hmnanc, and scrupulously... | |
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