 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 pages
...find little to retrench or a\!.er Wit, and language, and humor, also in some measure, we had be* fore him ; but something of art was wanting to the drama, till he came. He managed his strength to more advantage than any whc preceded him. You seldom find him making love in any of... | |
 | Friedrich Otto Froembling - 1866 - 438 pages
...theatre ever had. He was a most severe judge of himself, as well as others. One cannot say he wanted wit, but rather that he was frugal of it. In his works...was wanting to the drama till he came. He managed his strength to more advantage than any who preceded him. You seldom find him making love in any of... | |
 | Hugh George Robinson - 1867 - 458 pages
...theatre ever had. He was a most severe judge of himself, as well as others. One cannot say he wanted wit, but rather that he -was frugal of it. In his...language, and humour also in some measure, we had before liim ; but something of art was wanting to the drama, till he came. He managed his strength to more... | |
 | Alexander Bain - 1867 - 352 pages
...well as others." " He judged both himself and others very severely." 3. 4. " One cannot say he wanted wit, but rather that he was "frugal of it. In his works you find little to retrench or alter." The order of these two sentences ought to be reversed. "In his works you find little to retrench or... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...theatre ever had. He was a most severe judge of himself as well as others. One cannot say he wanted wit, but rather that he was frugal of it. In his works...was wanting to the drama till he came. He managed his strength to more advantage than any who preceded him. You seldom find him making love in any of... | |
 | Book - 1868 - 168 pages
...theatre ever had. He was a most severe judge of himself, as well as others. One cannot say he wanted wit, but rather that he was frugal of it. In his works...was wanting to the drama till he came. He managed his strength to more advantage than any who preceded him. You seldom find him making love in any of... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pages
...theatre ever had. He was a most severe judge of himself, as well as others. One cannot say he wanted wit, but rather that he was frugal of it. In his works...was wanting to the drama, till he came. He managed his strength to more advantage than any who preceded him. You seldom find him making love in any of... | |
 | Class-book - 1869 - 344 pages
...severe judge of himself, as well as others. One 1 To beg, or seek by low arts. cannot say he wanted wit, but rather that he was frugal of it. In his works,...was wanting to the drama, till he came. He managed his strength to more advantage than any who preceded him. You seldom find him making love in any of... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 pages
...judge of himself, as weii at Dthers. One cannot say he wanted wit, but rathei that he was frugal 'jf it. In his works you find little to retrench or alter. Wit, and language, and humor, also in some measure, we had before him; but something of art was wanting to the drama, till... | |
 | William Smith, Benjamin Nicholas Martin - 1870 - 482 pages
...theatre ever had. He was a most severe judge of himself, as well as others. One cannot say he wanted wit, but rather that he was frugal of it. In his works...little to retrench or alter. Wit, and language, and humor, also in some measure, we had before him; but something of art was wanting to the drama, till... | |
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Wit and language, and humour also in some measure, we had before him ; but something of art was wanting to the drama, till he came. 
