Most youths are like Pope's women ; they have no character at all. And indeed a character that does not wait for circumstances to shape it, is of small worth in the race that must be run. Once a Week - Page 182edited by - 1860Full view - About this book
| John Selden - 1892 - 634 pages
...early" says Meredith, somewhere, "is to take the work out of the hands of the Sculptor who fashions men. A character that does not wait for circumstances to shape it is of less worth in the race that must be run." Well, Shaw set too soon. The pressure of those early days... | |
| Hermann Sudermann - 1900 - 170 pages
...Shakespeare, let me quote a few words from ' Evan Harrington ' : " Most youths, like Pope's women, have no character at all, and indeed a character that...it, is of small worth in the race that must be run." Again he says : " When we have cast off the scales of hope and fancy, and surrender our claims on made... | |
| 1900 - 642 pages
...Shakespeare, let me quote a few words from ' Evan Harrington ' : " Most youths, like Pope's women, have no character at all, and indeed a character that...it, is of small worth in the race that must be run." Again he says : " When we have cast off the scales of hope and fancy, and surrender our claims on made... | |
| Grant Richards - 1913 - 344 pages
...read was a long description of her lover's flight. Tony Bickerton had not been reticent. BOOK II " And indeed a character that does not wait for circumstances...out of the hands of the Sculptor who fashions men." EVAN HARRINGTON. CHAPTER I IN WHICH VALENTINE FINISHES HIS WORK, WRITES TO HIS FATHER, AND RELAPSES... | |
| Dixon Scott - 1916 - 344 pages
...says Meredith, somewhere, " is to take the work out of the hands of the Sculptor who fashions men. A character that does not wait for circumstances to shape it is of less worth in the race that must be run." Well, Shaw set too soon. The pressure of those early days... | |
| James Harold Edward Crees - 1918 - 266 pages
...favouring goddess. But he is modest and— rare gift of youth — content to play second fiddle. " Are you impatient with this young man ? He has little...shape it is of small worth in the race that must be won. To be set too early is to take the work out of the hands of the Sculptor who fashions men. Happily... | |
| Mrs. Mary C. Johnson Dillon, Mary C. Johnson Dillon - 1920 - 454 pages
...to begin to acquire some, if he is ever to have any.'' "I shall have to quote you my Meredith again: 'Character that does not wait for circumstances to shape it, is of small worth in the race that is to be run. To be set too early is to take the work out of the hands of the Sculptor who fashions... | |
| 1924 - 924 pages
...convincingly) drift. As for Felix himself, the early part of his career reminds one of a remark of Meredith: "Most youths are like Pope's women — they have no...out of the hands of the Sculptor who fashions men." But Felix is not shaped to toy purpose even by circumstances. The apparent uniqueness of his personality... | |
| Scott Cunningham - 1924 - 82 pages
...early," writes George Meredith, "is to take the work out of the hands of the Sculptor who fashions men. A character that does not wait for circumstances to shape it is of less worth in the race that must be run." "Nature," asserts George Moore, "allows the intelligence... | |
| T. F. Evans - 1997 - 442 pages
...early' says Meredith, somewhere, 'is to take the work out of the hands of the Sculptor who fashions men. A character that does not wait for circumstances to shape it is of less worth in the race that must be run.' Well, Shaw set too soon. The pressure of those early days... | |
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