 Aldrich was always brilliant, he couldn't help it, he is a fire-opal set round with rose diamonds; when he is not speaking, you know that his dainty fancies are twinkling and glimmering around in him; when he speaks the diamonds flash. Yes, he was always...  Crowding Memories - Page 145by Mrs. Thomas Bailey Aldrich - 1920 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ferris Greenslet - Literary Criticism - 1908 - 572 pages
...Twain has written of him : " Aldrich was always brilliant, he could n't help it ; he is a fire-opal set round with rose diamonds ; when he is not speaking,...around in him; when he speaks, the diamonds flash." In the spring of 1890, after nine years in the editorial chair, Aldrich concluded that the time had... | |
 | Albert Bigelow Paine - Authors, American - 1912 - 492 pages
...clothed these children of his fancy. Aldrich is always brilliant; he can't help it; he is a fire-opal set round with rose diamonds; when he is not speaking...diamonds flash. Yes, he is always brilliant, he will always be brilliant; he will be brilliant in hell — you will see." Stevenson, smiling a chuckly smile,... | |
 | Albert Bigelow Paine - 1912 - 884 pages
...glimmering around in him; when he speaks the diamonds flash. Yes, he is always brilliant, he will always be brilliant; he will be brilliant in hell — you will...will, and he will dim even those ruddy fires and look Eke a transfigured Adonis backed against a pink sunset." ' 1 North American Review, September, 1906.... | |
 | Clifford Smyth - American literature - 1925 - 850 pages
...Aldrich was always brilliant, he couldn't help it; he is a fire-opal set round with rose-diamonds; when he is not speaking, you know that his dainty...in him; when he speaks the diamonds flash. Yes, he was always brilliant; he will always be brilliant; he will be brilliant in hell — you will see."... | |
 | Mark Twain - Biography & Autobiography - 1924 - 402 pages
...phrasing with which he clothed these children of his fancy. Aldrich was always brilliant, he couldn't help it; he is a fire opal set round with rose diamonds;...in him; when he speaks the diamonds flash. Yes, he was always brilliant; he will always be brilliant; he will be brilliant in hell — you will see."... | |
 | Mark Twain - Biography & Autobiography - 1924 - 402 pages
...glimmering around in him; when he speaks the diamonds flash. Yes, he was always brilliant; he will always be brilliant; he will be brilliant in hell — you will see." Stevenson, smiling a chuckly smile, "I hope not." "Well, you will, and he will dim even those ruddy fires and look like a blond Venus backed... | |
 | Ferris Greenslet - Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 - 1908 - 320 pages
...Twain has written of him : "Aldrich was always brilliant, he could n't help it ; he is a fire-opal set round with rose diamonds ; when he is not speaking,...around in him ; when he speaks, the diamonds flash." In the spring of 1890, after nine years in the editorial chair, Aldrich concluded that the time had... | |
 | Mark Twain - Authors, American - 1990 - 350 pages
...clothed these children of his fancy. Aldrich was always brilliant, he couldn't help it, he is a fire-opal set round with rose diamonds; when he is not speaking,...in him; when he speaks the diamonds flash. Yes, he was always brilliant, he will always be brilliant; he will be brilliant in hell — you will see."... | |
 | Henry Louis Mencken - Periodicals - 1925 - 682 pages
...scintillation, a scintillation from rhinestones however, not diamonds. Clemens said to RL Stevenson: "Yes, he is always brilliant; he will be brilliant in hell — you will see." Maybe he is. But his brilliance is sadly tarnished here on earth. MARY FISHER'S PHILOSOPHY BY CHESTER... | |
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