 Of the persons who read the first canto, not one in ten reaches the end of the first book, and not one in a hundred perseveres to the end of the poem. Very few and very weary are those who are in at the death of the  The Calcutta University Calendar - Стр. clxixавторы: University of Calcutta - 1881Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Edmund Spenser, George Gilfillan - 1859 - Страниц: 392
...all the Muses' mysteries." The majority of readers are not so patient. " Very few," says Macaulay, " and very weary, are those who are in at the death of the Blatant Beast." Many, who revel in parts and passages, cannot read the book as a whole. The best way for the reader... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1861 - Страниц: 580
...ten reaches the end of the first book, and not one in a hundred perseveres to the end of the poem. Very few and very weary are those who are in at the death of the Blatant Beast. If the last six books, which are said to have been destroyed in Ireland, had been preserved, we doubt... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1862 - Страниц: 578
...ten reaches the end of the first book, and not one in a hundred perseveres to the end of the poem. Very few and very weary are those who are in at the death of the Blatant Beast. If the last six books, which are said to have been destroyed in Ireland, had been preserved, we doubt... | |
 | 1862 - Страниц: 1006
...reaches the end of the first book, and not one in a hundred perseveres to the end of the first poem. Very few and very weary are those who are in at the death of the Blatant Beast. If the last six books had been preserved, we doubt, whether any heart less stout than that of a commentator,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1863 - Страниц: 564
...ten reaches the end of the first. book, and not one in a hundred perseveres to tho end of the poem. Very few and very weary are those who are in at the death of tho Blatant Beast. If the last six books, which ore said to have been destroyed in Ireland, had been... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1865 - Страниц: 634
...ten reaches the end of the first book, and not one in a hundred perseveres to the end of the poem. Very few and very weary are those who are in at the death of the Blatant Beast, If the last six books, which are said to have been destroyed in Ireland, had been preserved, we doubt... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - Страниц: 704
...ten reaches the end of the first book, and not one in a hundred perseveres to the end of the poem. Very few and very weary are those who are in at the death of the Blatant Beast. If the last six books, which are said to have been destroyed in Ireland, had been preserved, we doubt... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - Страниц: 704
...ten reaches the end of the first book, and not one in a hundred perseveres to the end of the poem. Very few and very weary are those who are in at the death of the Blatant Beast. If the last six books, which are said to have been destroyed in Ireland, had been preserved, we doubt... | |
 | William Clark Russell - 1871 - Страниц: 550
...ten reaches the end of the first book, and not one in a hundred perseveres to the end of the poem. Very few and very weary are those who are in at the death of the Blatant Beast — Macaulay. Whose deep conceit is such As, passing all conceit, needs no defence. — Shakspeare.... | |
 | School board readers - 1872 - Страниц: 328
...ten reaches the end of the first book, and not one in a hundred perseveres to the end of the poem. Very few and very weary are those who are in at the death of the " Blatant Beast." If the last six books which are said to have been destroyed in Ireland had been preserved, we doubt... | |
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