| 1845 - 732 Seiten
...that have ever been written in the world." Again, speaking of the romances generally, he says — " all is great — material, import, characters, execution...studies ! what truth of detail in the composition !" Carlyle is struck with the superficial character of Scott's productions. They do little more than... | |
| Edwin Percy Whipple - 1848 - 372 Seiten
...that have ever been written in the world." Again, speaking of the romances generally, he says — " all is great — material, import, characters, execution...studies ! what truth of detail in the composition !" Carlyle is struck with the superficial character of Scott's productions. They do little more, he... | |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Peter Eckermann - 1850 - 454 Seiten
...I now experience with Sir Walter Scott. I have just begun ' Rob Roy,' and will read his best novels in succession. All is great — material, import,...preparatory studies ! what truth of detail in the execution ! We see, too, what English history is ; and what a thing it is when such an inheritance... | |
| Edwin Percy Whipple - 1853 - 434 Seiten
...works that have ever been written in the world." Again, speaking of the romances generally, he says — "All is great — material, import, characters, execution...studies ! what truth of detail in the composition ! " Carlyle is struck with the superficial character of Scott's productions. They do little more, he... | |
| Walter Scott - 1866 - 614 Seiten
...musician who plays the most difficult piece at sight, as the reward and the result of years of practice. " What infinite diligence in the preparatory studies ; what truth of detail in the execution," said Goethe. The speed with which Scott actually composed, in fact, consumed him ; the... | |
| Walter Scott - 1867 - 670 Seiten
...musician who plays the most difficult piece at sight, as the reward and the result of years of practice. " What infinite diligence in the preparatory studies; what truth of detail in the execution," said Goethe. The speed with which Scott actually composed, in fact, consumed him ; the... | |
| 1871 - 908 Seiten
...to a group of friends at Weimar, he burst out with his remark upon its artistic skill and truth : " What infinite diligence in the preparatory studies ! What truth of detail in the execution ' " Of course, looking at the Scotch novels, as we do now, with a microscope, we are able... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - 1871 - 118 Seiten
...musician who plays the most difficult piece at sight, as the reward and the result of years of practice. "What infinite diligence in the preparatory studies; what truth of detail in the execution," said Goethe. The speed with which Scott actually composed, in fact, consumed him ; the... | |
| Charles Pebody - 1872 - 460 Seiten
...to a group of friends at Weimar, he burst out with his remark upon its artistic skill and truth : " What infinite diligence in the preparatory studies! What truth of detail in the execution!" Of course, looking at the Scotch novels, as we do now, with a microscope, we are able to... | |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Peter Eckermann - 1875 - 642 Seiten
...I have just begun ' Rob Roy,' and will read his best novels in succession. All is great—material, import, characters, execution; and then what infinite...preparatory studies ! what truth of detail in the execution ! We see, too, what English history is; and what a thing it is when such an inheritance falls... | |
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