...to repeat — was the sentence with which Jeffrey acknowledged the receipt of his manuscript, — ' The more I think the less I can conceive where you picked up that style.'" As to the appearance of the rising author, his nephew tells us it was never better described than in...

...valued most the short sentence with which Jeffrey acknowledged the receipt of his first manuscript, ' The more I think, the less I can conceive where you picked ' up that style.' * Of the early founders of the Review it cannot be said that Jeffrey himself, or Brougham, or Sydney...

...staff of the Quarterly." The veteran Jeffrey, in acknowledging the receipt of the manuscript, wrote, " The more I think, the less I can conceive where you picked up that style." This Essay was Macaulay's introduction to a large society, the aristocracy of politics and of letters....

...Edinburgh Review was the only commendation on his literary talent which he was ever known to repeat : "The more I think, the less I can conceive where you picked up that style." It would be impossible in a review July, 1876. of Macaulay's life and works, howover brief, which is...

...known to repeat, — was the sentence with which Jeffrey acknowledged the receipt of his manuscript : " The more I think the less I can conceive where you picked up that style." Macaulay's outward man was never better described than in two sentences of Praed's Introduction to...

...known to repeat, — was the sentence with which Jeffrey acknowledged the receipt of his manuscript : " The more I think the less I can conceive where you picked up that style." Macaulay's outward man was never better described than in two sentences of Praed's Introduction to...

...Well might Jeffrey exclaim, as he did on the receipt of the first article written for this journal, " The more I think the less I can conceive where you picked up that style." Of the contributions with which Macaulay continued for many years to honour these pages, it would be...

...natural pride ; nor less when Lord Jeffrey, in acknowledging the receipt of his manuscript, said, " The more I think, the less I can conceive where you picked up that Btyle." Ho was a mighty bookman, and when on circuit one night he was seen going vip to bed with a...

...known to repeat, — was the sentence with which Jeffrey acknowledged the receipt of his manuscript : " The more I think, the less I can conceive where you picked up that style." ' And already, in the ' Essay on Milton,' the style of Macaulay is, indeed, that which we know so well....

...to repeat — was the sentence with which Jeffrey acknowledged the receipt of his manuscript, — ' The more I think the less I can conceive where you picked up that style.'" As to the appearance of the rising author, his nephew tells us it was never better described than in...