 | Charles Henry Winston, Thomas Randolph Price, D. Lee Powell, John Meredith Strother, H. H. Harris, John P. McGuire, Rodes Massie, William Fayette Fox, Harry Fishburne Estill (F.), Richard Ratcliffe Farr, John Lee Buchanan, George R. Pace - 1877 - 482 pàgines
...That is the imp of mischief, — the sort of boy who is an intolerable nuisance to the neigborhood. The stories are told from the standpoint of the boy,...immediate representative of society, executes its judgment with the rod, which is again an insult to the high-spirited youth, and produces on his side... | |
 | 1878 - 236 pàgines
...vagabond life to flash life, that is represented as success. Respectable home life, on the other 7 hand, is not depicted at all, and is only referred...an insult to the high-spirited youth, and produces on his side, either open war, or a dignified retreat to some distant region. These stories are not... | |
 | Birdsey Grant Northrop - 1878 - 56 pàgines
...but who also figures more or less in all of them. That is the imp of mischief, — the sort of bov who is an intolerable nuisance to the neighborhood....an insult to the high-spirited youth, and produces on his side, either open war, or a dignified retreat to some distant region. These stories are not... | |
 | Birdsey Grant Northrop - 1880 - 134 pàgines
...hero of a story, but who also figures more or less in all of them. That is the imp of mischief,—the sort of boy who is an intolerable nuisance to the...an insult to the high-spirited youth, and produces on his side, either open war, or a dignified retreat to some distant region. These stories are not... | |
 | William Graham Sumner - 1913 - 400 pàgines
...followed by men. When the stories even nominally treat of school-life they say nothing of school-life. There is simply a succession of practical jokes, mischief,...an insult to the high-spirited youth and produces on his side either open war or a dignified retreat to some distant region. These stories are not markedly... | |
 | William Graham Sumner - 1913 - 410 pàgines
...followed by men. When the stories even nominally treat of school-life they say nothing of scAooMife. There is simply a succession of practical jokes, mischief,...an insult to the high-spirited youth and produces on his side either open war or a dignified retreat to some distant region. These stories are not markedly... | |
 | Wisconsin. State Board of Health - 1876 - 810 pàgines
...neighborhood. The stories are told from the standpoint of the boy, so that he seems to be a fine feilow, and all the world, which is against him, is unjust...immediate, representative of society, executes its judgment with the rod, which again is an insult to the high-spirited youth, and produces on his side... | |
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Respectable home life, on the other hand, is not depicted at all and is only referred to as stupid and below the ambition of a clever youth. Industry and economy in some regular pursuit, or in study, are never mentioned at all. Generosity does not consist... 