 The poesy of this young lord belongs to the class which neither gods nor men are said to permit. Indeed, we do not recollect to have seen a quantity of verse with so few deviations in either direction from that exact standard. His effusions are spread...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 2751808Full view - About this book
 | Victor Hugo - 2008 - 350 pages
...belongs to the class which neither gods nor men are said to permit. . . . His effusions are spread over a dead flat, and can no more get above or below...the noble author is peculiarly forward in pleading his minority. . . . He possibly means to say : " See how a minor can write ! " But, alas I " Don Juan... | |
 | Victor Hugo - 2008 - 350 pages
...belongs to the class which neither gods nor men are said to permit. . . . His effusions are spread over a dead flat, and can no more get above or below...the noble author is peculiarly forward in pleading his minority. . . . He possibly means to say : " See how a minor can write ! " But, alas I " Don Juan... | |
 | 1944 - 680 pages
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 | Timothy Dwight, Jedidiah Morse - 1815 - 192 pages
...seen a quantity of verse, with so few deviations from that exact standard. His effusions are spread over a dead flat, and can no more get above or below...level, than if they were so much stagnant water." Again. "With this view we must beg leave seriously to assure him, that the mere rhyming of the final... | |
 | mrs. warren - 1882 - 816 pages
...belongs to the class that neither gods nor men are said to permit. . . . . His effusions are spread over a dead flat, and can no more get above or below the surface than so much stagnant water ! " It was easy enough to deal satirical hits at T7ie Hours of... | |
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