What person, unacquainted with the true state of the case, would imagine, in reading these astounding eulogies, that this "Glory of the people" was the subject of millions of shrugs and reproaches! — that this "Protector of the arts... The Autobiography of Leigh Hunt - Page 224by Leigh Hunt - 1860 - 412 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Keats - Poets, English - 1883 - 442 pages
...into that of truth ": " What person, unacquainted with the true state of the case, would imagine, in reading these astounding eulogies, that this ' Glory...millions of shrugs and reproaches ! — ... that this ' Exciter of desire ' [bravo ! Messieurs of the Post/] — this 'Adonis in loveliness' was a corpulent... | |
| John Keats - Poets, English - 1883 - 440 pages
...into that of truth ": "What person, unacquainted with the true state of the case, would imagine, in reading these astounding eulogies, that this ' Glory...millions of shrugs and reproaches ! — ... that this ' Exciter of desire ' [bravo ! Messieurs of \hePost. '] — this 'Adonis in loveliness' was a corpulent... | |
| Robert Waters - English language - 1883 - 616 pages
...wretched sycophantic rhymer: ""What person unacquainted with the true state of the case would imagine, in reading these astounding eulogies, that this ' Glory...people' was the subject of millions of shrugs and reproaches!—that this ' Protector of the Arts' had named a wretched foreigner his historical painter,... | |
| Robert Waters - 1888 - 334 pages
...wretched sycophantic rhymer : " What person unacquainted with the true state of the case would imagine, in reading these astounding eulogies, that this ' Glory...of the merits of his own countrymen ! — that this ' Maecenas of the age ' patronized not a single deserving writer! — that this 'Breather of eloquence'... | |
| D. Burchell Friend - Brighton (England) - 1886 - 238 pages
...Court scribes), that the Glory of the People was the subject of millions of stings and reproaches t That this Protector of the Arts had named a wretched...foreigner his historical painter, in disparagement or ignorance of the merits .of his countrymen ! That this Maecenas of the age patronised not a single... | |
| English periodicals - 1887 - 642 pages
..." What person acquainted with the true state of the case," he exclaimed, "would imagine, in making these astounding eulogies, that this 'glory of the...ignorance of the merits of his own countrymen ! that this ' Maecenas of the age ' patronised not a deserving writer ! that this ' breather of eloquence ' could... | |
| English wit and humor - 1888 - 344 pages
...Prince Regent : — "What person would imagine in reading these astounding eulogies in The Morning Post, that this 'Glory of the people ' was the subject of millions of shrugs and reproaches ! That this ' Conqueror of Hearts ' was the disappointer of hopes ! That this ' Exciter of Desire ' (Bravo, Morning... | |
| Literature - 1892 - 860 pages
...Hunt. "What person," wrote the critic, "unacquainted with the true state of the case, would imagine, on reading these astounding eulogies, that this ' Glory...foreigner his historical painter, in disparagement or n ignorance of the merits of his own countrymen ! — that this ' Macenas of the Age ' patronized not... | |
| American periodicals - 1892 - 960 pages
..." What person," wrote the ctitic, " unacquainted with the tiue state of the case, would imagine, on reading these astounding eulogies, that this ' Glory...reproaches ! — that this ' Protector of the Arts ' bad named a vri etched foreigner his historical painter, in disparagement or in ignorance of the... | |
| William Cosmo Monkhouse, John Parker Anderson - Authors, English - 1893 - 282 pages
...notable passages :— " What person, unacquainted with the true state of the case, would imagine, in reading these astounding eulogies, that this ' Glory...of the merits of his own countrymen !—that this ' Maecenas of the age' patronised not a single deserving writer !—that this 'Breather of eloquence'... | |
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