Masters, but he is so dull that he would only be troublesome— and besides you know I shun authors, and would never have been one myself, if it obliged me to keep such bad company. They are always in earnest, and think their profession serious, and dwell... Calamities and Quarrels of Authors - Página 49por Isaac Disraeli - 1867 - 552 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| 1813 - 716 páginas
...midwife to Masters; but he is so dull that he would only be troublesome— -and besides, you know I shun authors, and would never have been one myself, if...only to laugh at them and divert myself. None of us ar* authors of any consequeucc, and it is the most ridiculous of all vanities to be vain of being mediocre.... | |
| William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1819 - 860 páginas
...midwife to Masters ; but he is to dull, that he would only be troublesome — and besides you know I shun authors, and would never have been one myself, if...bad company. They are always in earnest, and think theirprofession lerious, and dwell upon trifles and reverence learning. I laugh at all those things,... | |
| 1820 - 848 páginas
...possibly see the house, but they are very welcome to walk in the garden. * * • * • You know I shun authors, and would never have been one myself, if...upon trifles and reverence learning. I laugh at all those things, and write only to laugh at them, and divert myself. None of us are authors of any consequence;... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1837 - 508 páginas
...midwife to Masters ; but he is so dull, that he would only be troublesome—and besides you know I shun authors, and would never have been one myself, if...upon trifles, and reverence learning. I laugh at all those things, and write only to laugh at them, and divert myself. None of us are authors of any consequence... | |
| Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1837 - 506 páginas
...midwife to Masters ; but he is so dull, that he would only be troublesome — and besides you know I shun authors, and would never have been one myself, if...upon trifles, and reverence learning. I laugh at all those things, and write only to laugh at them, and divert myself. None of us are authors of any consequence... | |
| Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1840 - 536 páginas
...midwife to Masters; but he is so dull, that he would only be troublesome — and besides you know I shun authors, and would never have been one myself, if...upon trifles, and reverence learning. I laugh at all those things, and write only to laugh at them, and divert myself. None of us are authors of any consequence... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1840 - 542 páginas
...midwife to Masters; but he is so dull, that he would only be troublesome — and besides you know I shun authors, and would never have been one myself, if...upon trifles, and reverence learning. I laugh at all those things, and write only to laugh at them, and divert myself. None of us are authors of any consequence;... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1842 - 632 páginas
...midwife to Masters ; but he is so dull, that he would only be troublesome— and besides you know I shun authors, and would never have been one myself, if...serious, and dwell upon trifles, and reverence learning. 1 laugh nt all those things, and write only to laugh at them, and divert myself. N'me of us are authors... | |
| John Forster - 1848 - 1294 páginas
...weariness abandon the scene altogether. ' You know,' said Walpole to one of his correspondents, 'how I shun authors, and would never have been one 'myself, if...reverence learning. ' I laugh at all these things, and divert myself.' ' It is 'probable,' said David Hume, 'that Paris will be long ' my home. I feel little... | |
| Joachim Fernau - 1848 - 736 páginas
...abandon the scene altogether. ' You know,' said Walpole to one of his correspondents, ' how I shun authors, and would never have been one ' myself, if...reverence learning. ' I laugh at all these things, and divert myself.' ' It is 'probable,' said David Hume, 'that Paris will be long ' my home. I feel little... | |
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