 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885
...gentleman, who, being asked which book he esteemed most in his library, answered 'Shakespeare': being asked which he esteemed next best, replied 'Hogarth'. His...graphic representations are indeed books : they have teeming, fruitful, suggestive meaning of words. Other pictures we look at — his prints we read "The... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 457 pagini
...which pervades the whole works of the being asked which he esteemed next best, replied ' Hogarth.' Hi« graphic representations are indeed books : they have the teeming, fruitful, suggestive meaning of uxtrds. Other pictures we look at — his prints we read " The quantity of thought which Hogarth crowds... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886
...him, and Jacky was a good boy and had plum-cake, which pervades the whole works of the being asked which he esteemed next best, replied ' Hogarth.' His...words. Other pictures we look at — his prints we read "The quantity of thought which Hogarth crowds into every picture would almost unvulgarize every subject... | |
 | Sir Edward Tyas Cook - 1888 - 703 pagini
...being asked which book he esteemed most in his library, answered, — ' Shakespeare ' ; being asked which he esteemed next best, replied — 'Hogarth.'...meaning of words. Other pictures we look at, — his we read " (CHARLES LAMB : On the Genius and Character of Hogarth). " I HELIEVE that with the name of... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1888 - 408 pagini
...his library, answered,—"Shakspere:" being asked which he esteemed next best, replied—"Hogarth." His graphic representations are indeed books : they...suggestive meaning of words. Other pictures we look at,—his prints we read. In pursuance of this parallel, I have sometimes entertained myself with comparing... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1889
...gentleman, who. bemg asked which book he esteemed most in his library, answered ' bhakspeare ' : being asked which he esteemed next best, replied ' Hogarth.' His...representations are indeed books : they have the teeming, frintful, suggestive meaning of words. Other pictures we look at — his prints we read. . . . The... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1890 - 224 pagini
...by the sign of the " Golden Head," which he had put together with pieces of cork, glued and painted. they have the teeming, fruitful, suggestive meaning...Other pictures we look at — his prints we read. . . . The quantity of thought which he crowds into every picture would almost unvulgarise every subject... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1891
...who, being asked which book he esteemed most in his library, answered ' Shakspeare : ' being asked which he esteemed next best, replied 'Hogarth.' His...Other pictures we look at — his prints we read. . . . " The quantity of thought which Hogarth crowds into every picture would almost unvulgarize every... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1894
...gentleman, who being asked which book he esteemed most in his library, answered— "Shakspeare," being asked which he esteemed next best, replied — " Hogarth."...the teeming, fruitful, suggestive meaning of words.' — Charles Lamb. 302-303. Richard Wilson. Views near Rome. ( I believe that with the name of Richard... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1896 - 418 pagini
...who, being asked which book he esteemed most in his library, answered ' Shakspeare : ' being asked which he esteemed next best, replied ' Hogarth.' His...Other pictures we look at — his prints we read. . . . " The quantity of thought which Hogarth crowds into every picture would almost unvulgarize every... | |
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I was pleased with the reply of a gentleman, who being asked which book he esteemed most in his library, answered, — "Shakspeare": being asked which he esteemed next best, replied — "Hogarth. 
