 Passion in him comprehended many of the worst emotions which militate against human happiness. You could not contradict him, but you raised quick choler; you could not speak of wealth, but his cheek paled with gnawing envy. The astonishing natural...  The Caxtons: A Family Picture - Side 253af Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1849Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1851 - 380 sider
...success of honesty. He was in many respects like Francis Vivian in Bulwer's novel of " The Caxtons." Passion, in him, comprehended many of the worst emotions...raised quick choler; you could not speak of wealth, but his cheek paled with gnawing envy. The astonishing natural advantages of this poor boy—his beauty,... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 298 sider
...success of honesty. He was, in many respects, like Francis Vivian, in Bulwer'a novel of Tlie Caxtons. Passion, in him, comprehended many of the worst emotions...quick choler ; you could not speak of wealth, but his cheek paled with gnawing envy. The astonishing natural advantages of this poor boy — his beauty,... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1852 - 776 sider
...of his idolatry. Irascible, envious, says our authority, his passions vented themselves in sneers. You could not contradict him, but you raised 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... | |
 | 1852 - 610 sider
...of his idolatry. Irascible, envious, says our authority, his passions vented themselves in sneers. You could not contradict him, but you raised 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... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 556 sider
...success of honesty. He was in many respects like Francis Vivian in Bulwer'g novel of ' The Caxtons.' Passion, in him, comprehended many of the worst emotions...raised quick choler; you could not speak of wealth, but his cheek paled with gnawing envy. The astonishing natural advantages of this poor boy — his beauty,... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1856 - 364 sider
...! that, ominous as it was, yet interested of passion: and this was the case with the young outcast. Passion, in him, comprehended many of the worst emotions...You could not contradict him, but you raised quick me, and yet appeared to me to be redeemable, — nay, to have in it the rude elements of a certain... | |
 | 1857 - 844 sider
...few will be grieved by it." And again : " Passion in him comprehended many of the worst emotions that militate against human happiness. You could not contradict...quick choler ; you could not speak of wealth, but his cheek paled with gnawing envy. * * Irascible, envious, bad enough, but not the worst, for these... | |
 | William Moy Thomas - 1861 - 340 sider
...few will be grieved by it." And again : " Passion in him comprehended many of the worst emotions that militate against human happiness. You could not contradict...quick choler; you could not speak of -wealth, but his cheek paled with gnawing envy. * * Irascible, envious, bad enough, but not the worst, for these... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1865 - 578 sider
...success of honesty. He was in many respects like Francis Vivian in Bulwer's novel of ' The Caxtons.' Passion, in him, comprehended many of the worst emotions...raised quick choler; you could not speak of wealth, but his cheek paled with gnawing envy. The astonishing natural advantages of this poor boy — his beauty,... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1871 - 556 sider
...success of honesty. He was in many respects like Francis Vivian, in Bulwer's novel of " The CaxUms." Passion, in him, comprehended many of the worst emotions...human happiness. You could not contradict him, but you rai>ed quick choler; you could not speak of wealth, but his cheek paled with gnawing envy. The astonishing... | |
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