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That is his face, looking out upon us, next to Pope's, says Mr. Field, in his Yesterdays with Authors. What a contrast in bodily appearance those two English men of genius present Thackeray's great, burly figure, broad-chested and ample as the day, seems to overshadow and quite blot out of existence the author of 'the Essay on Man.' But What friends they would have been had they lived as contemporaries under Queen Anne or Queen Victoria One can imagine the author of Pendennis' gently lifting poor little Alexander out of his chariot' into the club, and revelling in talk with him all night long. Pope's high-bred and gentle manly manner, combined with his extraordinary sensibility and dread of ridicule, would have modified Thackeray's usual gigantic form and sometimes boisterous sarcasm into a rich and strange adaptability to his little guest. We can Imagine them talking together now, with even a nobler wisdom and ampler charity than were ever vouchsafed to them when they were busy amid the turmoils Of their crowded literary lives.
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That is his face, looking out upon us, next to Pope's, says Mr. Field, in his Yesterdays with Authors. What a contrast in bodily appearance those two English men of genius present Thackeray's great, burly figure, broad-chested and ample as the day, seems to overshadow and quite blot out of existence the author of 'the Essay on Man.' But What friends they would have been had they lived as contemporaries under Queen Anne or Queen Victoria One can imagine the author of Pendennis' gently lifting poor little Alexander out of his chariot' into the club, and revelling in talk with him all night long. Pope's high-bred and gentle manly manner, combined with his extraordinary sensibility and dread of ridicule, would have modified Thackeray's usual gigantic form and sometimes boisterous sarcasm into a rich and strange adaptability to his little guest. We can Imagine them talking together now, with even a nobler wisdom and ampler charity than were ever vouchsafed to them when they were busy amid the turmoils Of their crowded literary lives.
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- Publication date2018
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- ISBN 13 9781333327125
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