 I remember," writes this gentleman, "at Mr. Pitt's table in 1805, the Chancellor asked me about you and your then situation, and after I had answered him, Mr. Pitt observed, ' He can't remain as he is,' and desired me to ' look to it. ' He then repeated...  Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart - Side 174af John Gibson Lockhart - 1861Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1837 - 598 sider
...and after I had answered him, Mr. Pitt observed,—' He can't remain as he is,' and desired me to ' look to it.' He then repeated some lines from the...never have fancied capable of being given in poetry.' " * The poet has underestimated even the patent and tangible evidence of his success. The first edition... | |
 | 1837 - 828 sider
...lb»n repeated come line* from the Lay, dexribing the old hiirpcr'i enUrrtuneut wbta asked to piny, and said — ' This is a sort of thing which I might have expected in painting, hut could never hare fancied capable of being given in poetry.' " It was about the period of the publication... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 sider
...harper's embarrassment when asked to play, and said, — ' Thu is a sort of thins which 1 might Нате tough roots his ladder made, The hazel saplings lent their aid ; And thus an airy poi " a "In the тегу first rank of poetical excellence, we are inclined to place the introductory and... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1845 - 836 sider
...and after I had answered him, Mr I'itt observed — ' He can't remain as he is,' and desired me to ' look to it.' He then repeated some lines from the...This is a sort of thing which I might have expected hi painting, but could never have fancied capable of being given in poetry.'"1 It is agreeable to know... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1848 - 428 sider
...and after I had answered him, Mr Pitt observed — ' He can't remain as he is,' and desired me to ' look to it.' He then repeated some lines from the...harper's embarrassment when asked to play, and said — 1 This is a sort of thing which I might have expected in painting, but could never have fancied... | |
 | 1892 - 678 sider
...situation, and after I bad answered him Mr. Pitt observed, ' He can't remain as be is,' and desired me to ' look to it.' He then repeated some lines from the...embarrassment when asked to play, and said, ' This \» a sort of thing which I might пате expected in painting, but could never have fancied capable... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1850 - 868 sider
...some lines from the Lay, describing the M harper's embarrassment when asked to play, and eaid — ' This is a sort of thing which I might have expected in painting, but could never have boded capable of being given in poetry.'"1 It i» agreeable to know that this great statesman and accomplished... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1853 - 906 sider
...and after I had answered him, Mr Pitt observed— ' He can't remain as he is,' and desired me to ' look to it.' He then repeated some lines from the...painting, but could never have fancied capable of bein^ given in poetry.' "—It is agreeable to know that this great statesman and accomplished scholar... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1854 - 892 sider
...Sooff, vol. ii. p. 226), layi, that Pitt repeated the lines, describing the old harper's erabarra^mcnt when asked to play, and said. — ' This is a sort of thing which 1 might have expected in painting, but could never have fancied capable of being given in poetry.'... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1867 - 498 sider
...and after I had answered him, Mr. Pitt observed : ' He can't remain as he is ;' and desired me ' to look to it.' He then repeated some lines from the...never have fancied capable of being given in poetry.' " 9 A person of political eminence amongst us, writing to me in January, 1861, has made a striking... | |
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