Algernon Charles Swinburne Quote

It is long since Mr. Carlyle expressed his opinion that if any poet or other literary creature could really be "killed off by one critique" or many, the sooner he was so despatched the better; a sentiment in which I for one humbly but heartily concur.


Under the Microscope (1872)


It is long since Mr. Carlyle expressed his opinion that if any poet or other literary creature could really be killed off by one critique or many,...

It is long since Mr. Carlyle expressed his opinion that if any poet or other literary creature could really be killed off by one critique or many,...

It is long since Mr. Carlyle expressed his opinion that if any poet or other literary creature could really be killed off by one critique or many,...

It is long since Mr. Carlyle expressed his opinion that if any poet or other literary creature could really be killed off by one critique or many,...