"Criticism" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... here Neil attempted to step from the table and landed in a heap on the floor, and Paul forgot criticism in ...
— Behind the Line • Ralph Henry Barbour
... house-painter, in virtue of his craft, claimed the exercise of criticism; and his remarks were amusing enough. He had more than once painted a sign-board for a country inn, which fact formed a bridge between the covering of square yards with color and the painting of pictures; and he naturally used the vantage-ground ...
— The Vicar's Daughter • George MacDonald
... Hacket went away gratified, and Gillian owned that it would have been useless to wound the good lady's feelings by criticism, though her mother made her understand that if her opinion had been asked, or Connie herself had shown the verses, it would have been desirable to point out the faults, in a kindly spirit. The wonder was, how they ...
— The Two Sides of the Shield • Charlotte M. Yonge
... itself to isolate her; and as persons who are not naturally haughty always appear so with a poor grace, Marie Louise, being always much embarrassed on reception days, was often the subject of unjust criticism; for, as I have said, her coldness in reality arose from ...
— The Private Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete • Constant
... off, at least," said Blondel, again sweeping his fingers over the strings, as one who would rather have played than listened to criticism. ...
— The Talisman • Sir Walter Scott
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