 | John McGilchrist - Politicians - 1865 - 204 pages
...whole benefit to himself. He has given us a display, part tragedy, part comedy, and part tragicomedy, and I wish I could encourage him by stating that he...not attempt too much versatility ; he may be a good statesman of all work, but I assure him that he is not a good actor of all work, and in his attempts... | |
 | James Ewing Ritchie - 1866 - 936 pages
...whole benefit to himself. He has given us a display, part tragedy, part comedy, part tragi-comedy ; and I wish I could encourage him by stating that he...not attempt too much versatility. He may be a good statesman of all work, but I assure him he is not a good actor of all work ; and in his attempts at... | |
 | English literature - 1870 - 574 pages
...whole benefit to himself. He has given us a display, part tragedy, part comedy, and part tragi-comedy ; and I wish I could encourage him by stating that he...but he must not attempt too much versatility. He may he a good statesman-of-all-work, but I assure him that he is not a good actor-of-all-work ; and in... | |
 | English literature - 1870 - 590 pages
...whole benefit to himself. He has given us a display, part tragedy, part comedy, and part tragi-comedy ; and I wish I could encourage him by stating that he...he confines himself to the light and comic strain ho makes himself agreeable to everybody ; but he must not attempt too much versatility. He may be a... | |
 | Henry Lytton Bulwer Baron Dalling and Bulwer - 1871 - 460 pages
...whole benefit to himself. He has given us a display, part tragedy/ part comedy, and part tragi-comedy ; and I wish I could encourage him by stating that he...knows that he is an exceedingly happy joker — happy Ilemnrks. sometimes in bis self-satisfaction ; and while he confines himself to the light and comic... | |
 | William Henry L.E. Bulwer (baron Dalling and Bulwer.) - 1870 - 462 pages
...whole benefit to himself. He has given us a display, part tragedy, part comedy, and part tragi-comedy ; and I wish I could encourage him by stating that he sustained each portion with equal success. Every body knows that he is an exceedingly happy joker — happy sometimes in his self-satisfaction... | |
 | Henry Lytton Bulwer Baron Dalling and Bulwer - Great Britain - 1871 - 396 pages
...benefit to himself. He has given us a display, part tragedy, part comedy, and part tragi-eoiuedy ; and I wish I could encourage him by stating that he...everybody; but he must not attempt too much versatility. H* may be a good statesman-of-all-work, but I assure him that he is not a good actor-of-all-work ;... | |
 | Henry Lytton Bulwer Baron Dalling and Bulwer - Great Britain - 1871 - 352 pages
...to himself. lie has given us a display, part tragedy, Remarks. part comedy, and part tragi-comedy; and I wish I could encourage him by stating that he...success. Everybody knows that he is an exceedingly happy juker — happy sometimes in his self-satisfaction; and while he confines himself to the light and... | |
 | Anthony Evelyn M. Ashley (hon.) - 1879 - 516 pages
...whole benefit to himself. He has given us a display, part tragedy, part comedy, and part tragi-comedy ; and I wish I could encourage him by stating that he sustained each portion with squal success. Everybody knows that he is an exceedingly ^•PPy joker — happy sometimes in his.... | |
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... greater advantage to the interests of the country if he had abstained from introducing the subject. But it seems that, in the absence of the principal performers, he has been to-night allowed a whole benefit to himself. He has given us a display,... 