The Library of William Andrews Clark, Jr: Wilde and Wildeiana, Band 2

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J. H. Nash, 1922 - 10 Seiten
 

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Seite 40 - What the paradox was to me in the sphere of thought, perversity became to me in the sphere of passion.
Seite 66 - People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there is only one answer. The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all Authority over him and his art is ridiculous.
Seite 32 - The Happy Prince, and Other Tales. By OSCAR WILDE. Illustrated by Walter Crane and Jacomb-Hood.
Seite 88 - ... personal recollections. A small number of treatises or magazine articles contain fairly minute analyses of some of his writings, or treat of these from some special or technical point of view. Mr. Sherard's books are universally known and need no further mention here. His great Life of Oscar Wilde (1906), though it may not quite satisfy us on all points, still remains our chief source of information concerning the external facts of the poet's life.
Seite 85 - Show Book, with original literary contributions, illustrations, and music from the following writers, artists, and composers, all specially contributed "For Charity" (Chelsea Hospital for Women) ; Lord Tennyson ; Lady Brassey ; Robt.
Seite 95 - To all good comrades who like a fair field and no quarter these pages are peacefully inscribed.
Seite 6 - What Never Dies: A Romance. By Barbey D'Aurevilly. Translated into English by Sebastian Melmoth (OW).
Seite 58 - This prelate is out of the question; for he was between thirty-five and forty in 1585, and whatever else Mr. WH may have been we cannot suppose him to have been a bishop. As regards other William Hugheses, seven are mentioned in Notes and Queries (Fifth Series, v, p. 443) not one of them suggesting probable identity with Mr. WH...
Seite 62 - ... [Sherwood Press, Hartford, Conn., USA, demy 8vo ; pp. 45.] .[434] The same on Japanese vellum. On the reverse of the half-title to The Rise of Historical Criticism [p. 222] is the following note : — For establishing the authenticity of this Essay I am indebted to Mr. Charles Glidder Osborne, who has examined the original manuscript, now in America. The Essay has been pirated by some person or persons unknown. It is obviously a very early work, written when the author was either at Dublin or...
Seite 64 - ... of this present volume | , i leaf; title-page (in red and black) within a decorated red border, reverse blank, i leaf ; The Preface, i leaf; text of the story, 153 leaves; bibliographical notes and advertisements, 2 leaves. The last two leaves form part of the last sheet (Sig. U). Between the last leaf of the text and these leaves is inserted a leaf of coloured paper, on the front of which, printed in dark blue, is a note headed

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