 | Bob Krauss - Biography & Autobiography - 1994 - 406 pages
...grandfather.' In response, a compiler of the Wilson family history wrote of Melville's version of the incident, "His sketches are amusing and skilfully drawn, but bear as much relation to the truth as a farthing does to a sovereign. ""' Like many sons of missionaries, Captain Wilson strayed... | |
 | Lydia Wevers - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2002 - 246 pages
...Edward Lucett, however, in Rovings in the Pacific denounces Melville as 'a most reckless loafer . . . His sketches are amusing and skilfully drawn but bear...relation to truth as a farthing does in value to a sovereign.'-58 Lucett 's simile draws attention to the connections linking different worlds and activities.... | |
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Since the above entry was made in my journal, two works have appeared, Typee and Omoo, purporting to have been written by Herman Melville. By his own showing, Herman Melville has been a most reckless loafer, caring not a pin what enterprises were ruined... 