 ... who had no way of getting at it all except the gossip — printed or written — of these very old soldiers, should be able to go behind them all, and give an account of their life, not only more vivid than they themselves have ever given, but more...  Book and Heart: Essays on Literature and Life - Page 43by Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1897 - 237 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Harry Persons Taber, Elbert Hubbard - American literature - 1896 - 228 pages
...than they themselves have ever given, but more accurate. It really seems a touch of that marvelous intuitive quality which for want of a better name...immortal Gods? " Fortunately or unfortunately, the Anglo Saxon is not built that way; he errs on the other side; habitually understates instead of overstating... | |
 | Richard M. Weatherford - American fiction - 1997 - 364 pages
...than they themselves have ever given, but more accurate. It really seems a touch of that marvelous intuitive quality which for want of a better name...immortal Gods?' Fortunately or unfortunately, the Anglo Saxon is not built that way; he errs on the other side; habitually understates instead of overstating... | |
 | Harry Persons Taber, Elbert Hubbard - American literature - 1896 - 350 pages
...than they themselves have ever given, but more accurate. It really seems a touch of that marvelous intuitive quality which for want of a better name...respects it is reticent, because it is truthful. Does anyone suppose that in the daily routine of the camp there was room for much fine talk about motives... | |
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