 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1851 - 380 sider
...varnished over with a cold repellent cynicism, his passions vented themselves in sneers. There seemed to him no moral susceptibility; and, what was more remarkable...to rise which is vulgarly called ambition, but no wish for •" ^ the esteem or the love of his species; only the hard wish to succeed—not shine, not... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1851 - 256 sider
...varnished over with a cold repellent cynicism, his passions vented themselves in sneers. There seemed to him no moral susceptibility; and, what was more remarkable...proud nature, little or nothing of the true point of honour. He had, to a morbid excess, that desire to rise which is vulgarly called ambition, but no wish... | |
 | 1852 - 610 sider
...quick choler; you could not speak of wealth, but his cheek paled with gnawing envy. There seemed to him no moral susceptibility ; and, what was more remarkable...nature, little or nothing of the true point of honor. The writings of Edgar Poe, whether poems or tales, are quite as remarkable and incongruous as his character.... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 298 sider
...varnished over with a cold repellant synicism, his passions vented themselves in sneers. There seemed to him no moral susceptibility ; and, what was more remarkable...proud nature, little or nothing of the true point of honour. He had, to a morbid excess, that desire to rise which is vulgarly called ambition, but no wish... | |
 | 1852 - 782 sider
...quick choler ; you could not speak of wealth, but his cheek paled with gnawing envy. There seemed to him no moral susceptibility ; and, what was more remarkable...proud nature, little or nothing of the true point of honour. The writings of Edgar Рос, whether poems or tales, are quite as remarkable and incongruous... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 308 sider
...susceptibility; and, what was more remarkable in a proud nature, little or nothing of the true point of honour. He had, to a morbid excess, that desire to rise which is vulgarly called ambition, but no wish for the esteem of the love of his species: only the hard wish to succeed—not shine, not serve—... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 556 sider
...varnished over with a cold repellant synicism, his passions vented themselves in sneers. There seemed to him no moral susceptibility ; and, what was more remarkable...to rise which is vulgarly called ambition, but no wish for the esteem of the love of his species ; only the hard wish to succeed — not shine, not serve... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1856 - 364 sider
...self-confidence into an arrogance that turned his very claims to admiration into prejudices ngainst him. Irascible, envious, arrogant — bad enough,...proud nature, little or nothing of the true point of honour. He had, to a morbid excess, that desire to rise which is vulgarly called ambition, but no apparent... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1859 - 558 sider
...varnished over with a cold repellent svnicism. his passion-< vented themselves in sneers. There seemed to him no moral susceptibility ; and, what was more remarkable...morbid excess, that desire to rise which is vulgarly culled ambition, but no wish for the esteem of the love of his species ; only the hard wish to succeed... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1865 - 578 sider
...varnished over with a cold repellant synicism, his passions vented themselves in sneers. There seemed to him no moral susceptibility ; and, what was more remarkable in a proud nature, httle or nothing of the true point of honor. He had, to a morbid excess, that desire to rise which... | |
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There seemed to him no moral susceptibility ; and, what was more remarkable in a proud nature, little or nothing of the true point of honor. 
