fellow-hebrew

Updated: July 9, 2025

You never could be sure of Harte; he could only by chance be caught in earnest about anything or anybody. Except for those slight recognitions of literary, traits in his talk with Lowell, nothing remained from his conversation but the general criticism he passed upon his brilliant fellow-Hebrew Heine, as "rather scorbutic."

William Dean Howells - Literary Friends and Acquaintance; a Personal Retrospect of American Authorship

You never could be sure of Harte; he could only by chance be caught in earnest about anything or anybody. Except for those slight recognitions of literary, traits in his talk with Lowell, nothing remained from his conversation but the general criticism he passed upon his brilliant fellow-Hebrew Heine, as "rather scorbutic."

William Dean Howells - A Belated Guest (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance)