 One of his innumerable whims was an extreme dislike to be considered as a man of letters. Not that he was indifferent to literary fame. Far from it. Scarcely any writer has ever troubled himself so much about the appearance which his works were to make...  Temple Bar - Pagina 1581904Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 410 pagine
...has ever troubled himself so much about the appearance which his works were to make before posterity. But he had set his heart on incompatible objects....be a celebrated author, and yet to be a mere idle gentleman—one of those epicurean gods of the earth who do nothing at all, and who pass their existence... | |
 | 1844 - 671 pagine
...of himself, a man of his years ; forty-three, as the reviewer is so good as to inform the reader. " He wished to be a celebrated author, and yet to be a mere idle gentleman, one of the epicurean gods of the earth, who do nothing at all, and who pass their existence in the contemplation... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pagine
...has ever troubled himself so much about the appearance which his works were to make before posterity. But he had set his heart on incompatible objects....idle gentleman — one of those epicurean gods of the ewrth who do nothing at all, and who pass their existence in the contemplation of their own perfections.... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1851 - 420 pagine
...of Horace Walpole's innumerable whims was an extreme dislike to be considered as a man of letters. He wished to be a celebrated author, and yet to be...in the contemplation of their own perfections. He spoke with lordly contempt of the most distinguished among authors ; he tried to find out some way... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 770 pagine
...has ever troubled himself so much about the appearance which his works were to make before posterity. But he had set his heart on incompatible objects. He wished to be a celebrated author, and }'et to be a mere idle gentleman — one of those epicurean gods of the earth who do nothing at all,... | |
 | Chrisostome Dagobert (pseud. [i.e. Jean Baptiste Alphonse Led'huy.]) - 1857 - 554 pagine
...and which was even capable of selecting and disposing chairs of ebony and shields of rhinoceros skin. He wished to be a celebrated author, and yet to be a mere idle gentleman. He avoided the society of authors ; he spoke with lordly contempt of the most distinguished among them.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1859 - 768 pagine
...has ever troubled himself so much about the appearance which his works were to make before posterity. But he had set his heart on incompatible objects....who do nothing at all, and who pass their existence ia the contemplation of their own perfections. He did not like to have any thing in common with the... | |
 | 1861 - 838 pagine
...philanthropy, ho left Howard at an immeasurable distance. He wished to be a celebrated author, and yet a mere idle gentleman — one of those epicurean gods...existence in the contemplation of their own perfections. Every page of Walpole's works bewrays him. This Diogenes, who would be thought to prefer his tub to... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1861 - 602 pagine
...immeasurable distance. He wished to be a celebrated author, and yet a mere idle gentleman — one of thoso epicurean gods of the earth who do nothing at all,...existence in the contemplation of their own perfections. Every pape of Walpole's works bewrays him. This Diogenes, who would be thought to prefer his tub to... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1861 - 422 pagine
...make before posterity. But he had set his heart on ineompatible objeets. He wished to be a eelebrated author, and yet to be a mere idle gentleman — one of those epieurean gods of the earth who do nothing at all, and who pass their existenee in the eontemplation... | |
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