 C. had a dinner-party, at which was a witty, French, flippant sort of man, author of a History of Philosophy?- and now writing a Life of Goethe, a task for which he must be as unfit as irreligion and sparkling shallowness can make him. But he told stories...  Pen Pictures of Modern Authors - Page 6by William Shepard Walsh - 1889 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Margaret Fuller - 1852 - 350 pages
...dinner-party, at which was a witty, French, flippant sort of man, author of a History of Philosophy, and now writing a Life of Goethe, a task for which...wearisome to me, who disclaimed and rejected almost everything he said. For a couple of hours, he was talking about poetry, and the whole harangue was... | |
 | Christianity - 1852 - 536 pages
...cordial human fashion. The second time Mr. C. had a dinner party. . . . was allowed to interrupt him a little, of which one was glad, for that night he...wearisome to me, who disclaimed and rejected almost everything he said. was great to do so, and had thus unfortunately been turned from tbe trae path for... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - Authors, American - 1852 - 366 pages
...dinner-party, at which was a witty, French, flippant sort of man, author of a History of Philosophy, and now writing a Life of Goethe, a task for which...told stories admirably, and was allowed sometimes to internipt Carlyle a little, of which one was glad, for, that night,he was in his more acrid mood; and,... | |
 | 1852 - 454 pages
...dinner-party, at which was a witty, French, flippant sort of a man, anthor of a History of Philosophy, and now writing a Life of Goethe, a task for which...and sparkling shallowness can make him. But he told storics admirably, and was allowed sometimes to interrupt Carlyle a little, of which one was glad,... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - Authors, American - 1852 - 386 pages
...dinner-party, at which was a witty, French, flippant sort of man, author of a History of Philosophy, and now writing a Life of Goethe, a task for which he must be as unfit as irreligion and sparkling shallowness'can make him. But he told stories admirably, and was allowed sometimes to interVOL. n.... | |
 | Men - 1856 - 986 pages
...man, author of a History of Philosophy, and now writing a Life of Goethe, a task for vhkh be oma he as unfit as irreligion and sparkling shallowness can...allowed sometimes to interrupt Carlyle a little." Mr. Lewes ha> recent!} published his Li of Goethe, on which he has spent the labour of ten years. He... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - Biography - 1856 - 1032 pages
...Philosophy, and now writing a Life of Goethe, a task for wliich he must be as unfit as irréligion internipt Carlyle a little." Mr. Lewes has recently published his Life of Goethe, on which he has spent... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - 1857 - 370 pages
...dinner-party, at which was a witty, French, flippant sort of man, author of a History of Philosophy, and now writing a Life of Goethe, a task for which he must be as unlit. as irreligion and sparkling shallowness can make him. But he told stories admirably, and was... | |
 | Biography - 1859 - 944 pages
...which was a witty, French, flippant sort of man, author of a History of Philosophy, and now writmg a Life of Goethe, a task for which he must be as unfit...admirably, and was allowed sometimes to interrupt Carlyle a li ttle." Mr. Lewes, in 1855, published his " Life of Goethe," on which he had spent the labour of... | |
 | Margaret Fuller, James Freeman Clarke, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Henry Channing - 1860 - 384 pages
...of a History of Philosophy, and now writing a Life of Goethe, a task for which he must be as unlit as irreligion and sparkling shallowness can make him....told stories admirably, and was allowed sometimes to interVOL. n. 16* rupt Carlyle a little, of which one was glad, for, that night,he was in his more acrid... | |
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