 A friend congratulated him once on that touch in 'Vanity Fair' in which Becky admires her husband when he is giving Steyne the punishment which ruins her for life. 104 IN THACKERAY'S LONDON 'Well,' he said, 'when I wrote that sentence, I slapped my fist...  In Thackeray's London - Sayfa 105Francis Hopkinson Smith tarafından - 1914 - 199 sayfaTam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | 1871 - 798 sayfa
...when he is giving Steyne the punishment which ruins her for life. " Well," he said, "when I wrote the sentence, I slapped my fist on the table and said, ' That is a touch of genius ! ' " He told me he was nearly forty years old before he was recognized in literature as belonging... | |
 | John Camden Hotten - 1864 - 268 sayfa
...that fervour as well as heartiness of frankness which distinguished him : — " Well, when I wrote the sentence, I slapped my fist on the table, and said, ' That is a touch of genius ! ' " " Vanity Fair " soon afterwards rose rapidly in public favour, and a new work from the pen of... | |
 | John Camden Hotten - 1864 - 276 sayfa
...that fervour as well as heartiness of frankness which distinguished him : — " Well, when I wrote the sentence, I slapped my fist on the table, and said, ' That is a touch of genius !' " " Vanity Fair" soon afterwards rose rapidly in public favour, and a new work from the pen of its... | |
 | 1864 - 594 sayfa
...giving Lord Steyne the chastisement which ruins her for life, ' Well,' he said, ' when I wrote the sentence, I slapped my fist on the table, and said, "that is a touch of genius ! " ' " Curiously enough, Mr Hannay has also furnished the best obituary memoir of another distinguished... | |
 | George A. Birmingham - 1864 - 44 sayfa
...chastisement which ruins her for life, " Well," he said, — " when I wrote the sentence, I slapped ray fist on the table, and said ' that is a touch of genius ! ' "VThe incident is a trifle, but it will reveal, we suspect, an element of fervour, as well as a... | |
 | Blanchard Jerrold - 1872 - 502 sayfa
...is giving Lord Steyne the chastisement which ruins her for life, ' Well, he said, ' when I wrote the sentence I slapped my fist on the table and said, " that is a touch of genius ! " ' The incident is a trifle, but it will reveal, we suspect, an element of fervour, as well as a... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1872 - 370 sayfa
...when he is giving Steyne the punishment which ruins her for life. " Well," he said, " when I wrote the sentence, I slapped my fist on the table and said, ' That is a touch of genius ! ' " He told me he was nearly forty years old before he was recognized in literature as belonging... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1874 - 336 sayfa
...giving Lord Steyne the chastisement which ruins her for life, " Well," he said, — "when I wrote the sentence, I slapped my fist on the table, and said ' that is a touch of genius ! * " The incident is a trifle, but it will reveal, we suspect, an element of fervor, as well as a... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1875 - 348 sayfa
...giving Lord Steyne the chastisement which ruins her for life, " Well," he said, — " when I wrote the sentence, I slapped my fist on the table, and said ' that is a touch of genius ! ' " The incident is a trifle, but it will reveal, we suspect, an element of fervor, as well as a... | |
 | William Shepard Walsh - 1889 - 352 sayfa
...giving Lord Steyne the chastisement which ruins her for life, ' Well,' he said, ' when I wrote the sentence, I slapped my fist on the table, and said, that is a touch of genius !' The incident is a trifle, but it will reveal, we suspect, an element of fervor, as well as a heartiness... | |
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