...personality,' ' indiscretion,' or worse, ' sanctities of private life,' &c. &c. How delicate, decent is English biography, bless its mealy mouth ! A Damocles'...verge of paralysis. Thus it has been said, ' there are no English lives worth reading except those of Players, who by the nature of the case have bidden...

...'personality,' ' indiscretion,' or worse, ' sanctities of private life,' &c. &c. How delicate, decent is English biography, bless its mealy mouth ! A Damocles'...verge of paralysis. Thus it has been said, ' there are no English lives worth reading except those of Players, who by the nature of the case have bidden...

[ Lo sentimos, el contenido de esta página está restringido. ]

...personality," " indiscretion," or worse, "sanctitiesof private life," <fec., Arc. How delicate, decent is English biography, bless its mealy mouth]! A Damocles'...hangs for ever over the poor English life-writer, and reduces him to the verge of paralysis. The English biographer has long felt that if in writing...

..." personality," " indiscretion," or worse, " sanctities of private life," &c. How delicate, decent, is English biography, bless its mealy mouth ! A Damocles'...verge of paralysis. Thus it has been said, " There are no English lives worth reading, except those of players, who, -by the nature of the 1 Miscellanies,...

..." personality," " indiscretion," or worse, " sanctities of private life," &c. How delicate, decent, is English biography, bless its mealy mouth ! A Damocles'...verge of paralysis. Thus it has been said, "There are no English lives worth reading, except those of players, who, by the nature of the 1 MiscsUanies,...

...decent, is English biography, bless its mealy mouth ! A Damoeles' sword of Respectability hangs forever over the poor English life-writer (as it does over...verge of paralysis. Thus it has been said, 'There are no English lives worth reading, except those of players, who, by the nature of the case, have bidden...

...hence "personality," "indiscretion," or worse, "sanctities of private life," &c. How delicate, decent, is English biography, bless its mealy mouth ! A Damocles'...English life-writer (as it does over poor English life iu general), and reduces him to the verge of paralysis. Thus it has been said, "There are no English...

[ Lo sentimos, el contenido de esta página está restringido. ]

...' personality,' ' indiscretion,' or worse 'sanctities of private life,' etc. How delicate, decent, is English biography, bless its mealy mouth ! A Damocles' sword of Respectability hangs forever over the poor English life-writer (as it does over poor English life in general), and reduces...