 And, as we bring our characters forward, I will ask leave, as a man and a brother, not only to introduce them, but occasionally to step down from the platform, and talk about them : if they are good and kindly, to love them and shake them by the hand...  The Sewanee Review - Page 4641909Full view - About this book
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1848 - 730 pages
...forward, I will ask leave, as a man and a brother, not only to introduce them, but occasionally to step down from the platform, and talk about them : if they...terms which politeness admits of. Otherwise you might faney it was I who was sneering at the practice of devotion, which Miss Sharp finds so ridiculous ;... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1848 - 408 pages
...forward, I will ask leave, as a man and a brother, not only to introduce them, but occasionally to step down from the platform, and talk about them : if they...and shake them by the hand: if they are silly, to langh at them confidentially in the reader's sleeve : if they are wicked and heartless, to abuse them... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1849 - 728 pages
...introduce them, but occasionally to step down from the platform, and talk about them : if they arc good and kindly, to love them and shake them by the hand : if they arc silly, to laugh at them confidentially in the reader's sleeve : if they are wicked and heartless,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1868 - 468 pages
...forward, I will ask leave, as a man and a brother, not only to introduce them, but occasionally to step down from the platform, and talk about them : if they...of devotion, which Miss Sharp finds so ridiculous ; that it was I who laughed good-humouredly at the reeling old Silenus of a baronet — whereas the... | |
 | 1869 - 48 pages
...forward, I will ask leave, as a man and a brother, not only to introduce them, but occasionally to step' down from the platform and talk about them : if they...heartless, to abuse them in the strongest terms which politenessadmits of. Otherwise you might fancy it was / who was sneering at the practice of devotion,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 906 pages
...forward, I will ask leave, as a>man and a brother, not only to introduce them, but occasionally to step down from the platform, and talk about them : if they...of devotion, which Miss Sharp finds so ridiculous ; that it was I who laughed good-humoredly at the reeling old Silenus of a baronet — whereas the... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 732 pages
...forward, I will ask leave, as a man and a brother, not only to introduce them, but occasionally to step down from the platform, and talk about them : if they...of devotion, which Miss Sharp finds so ridiculous ; that it was I who laughed good-humoredly at the reeling old Silenus of a baronet — whereas the... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1884 - 742 pages
...forward, I will ask leave, as a man and a brother, not only to introduce them, but occasionally to step down from the platform, and talk about them : if they...of devotion, which Miss Sharp finds so ridiculous ; that it was I who laughed good-humoredly at the reeling old Silenus of a baronet — whereas the... | |
 | 1902 - 524 pages
...characters in which Thackeray "asks leave as a man and a brother to step down from the platform and tell about them ; if they are good and kindly, to love...in the strongest terms which politeness admits of." This intimate personal relation to the characters is a novelist's privilege above the play-wright,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1889 - 562 pages
...forward, I will ask leave, as a man and a brother, not only to introduce them, but occasionally to step down from the platform and talk about them ; if they...of devotion, which Miss Sharp finds so ridiculous ; that it was I who laughed good-humoredly at the reeling old Silenus of a baronet — whereas the... | |
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