 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1868 - 666 страници
...passages of Ethwald and De Montfort, It is the fashion to underrate Horace Walpole — firstly. I cause he was a nobleman ; and secondly, because he was a gentleman ; but, to say nothing of the compos:*** of his incomparable letters, and of the Castle ofOtranto, he is the Ultimus Romanontm, the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1870 - 770 страници
...Ьгз been seen since Horace Walpole, except passages of Kthwald and De Montfort. It is the fashkr $ ( $ ( $ he».ïi a gentleman ; but, to say nothing of the composition of his incomparable letttTS, and of ib«... | |
 | William Clark Russell - 1871 - 550 страници
...that he omits no opportunity of burlesquing Scripture, religion, and the clergy. — Bishop Porteus. It is the fashion to underrate Horace Walpole; firstly,...Letters," and of the " Castle of Otranto," he is the Ultimus Romanorum, the author of the " Mysterious Mother," a tragedy of the highest order, and not... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 344 страници
..." for tragedy that has been seen since Horace Walpole, except passages of Ethwald and De Moutfort. It is the fashion to underrate Horace Walpole ; firstly,...of his incomparable letters, and of the " Castle of Otronto," he is the " Ultimus Romanorum," the author of the "Mysterious Mother," a tragedy of the highest... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 340 страници
..." for tragedy that has been seen since Horace Walpole, except passages of Ethwald and Do Montfort. It is the fashion to underrate Horace Walpole ; firstly,...of his incomparable letters, and of the " Castle of Otrauto," he is the " Ultimus Romanorum," the author of the " Mysterious Mother," a tragedy of the... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1875 - 376 страници
..."incomparable" 'Letters,' were delayed till after his decease. "It is the fashion," writes Lord Byron, " to underrate Horace Walpole ; firstly, because he...Letters ' and of the ' Castle of Otranto,' he is the ' Ultimus Romanorum,' the author of the ' Mysterious Mother,' a tragedy of the highest order, and not... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1875 - 422 страници
...decease. "It is the fashion," writes Lord Byron, " to underrate Horace Walpole ; firstly, because ho was a nobleman, and secondly, because he was a gentleman...Letters ' and of the ' Castle of Otranto,' he is the ' Ultimus Romanorum,' the author of the ' Mysterious Mother,' a tragedy of the highest order, and not... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1879 - 290 страници
...matfriel for tragedy that has been seen since Horace Walpole, except passages of Ethwald and De Montfort. It is the fashion to underrate Horace Walpole —...and secondly, because he was a gentleman ; but, to sav nothing of the composition of his incomparable letters, and of the Cattle of Otranto, he is the... | |
 | Francis Lieber - 1880 - 550 страници
...somewhat similar between nobleman and gentleman, when, in the preface to Marino Faliero, he observes that "it is the fashion to underrate Horace Walpole ; firstly,...nobleman ; and, secondly, because he was a gentleman." In Prussia, characteristically enough, the term officer had acquired in some particulars the meaning... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 800 страници
...De Montfort. It is the fashion to underrate Horace Walpole — firstly, because lie was a nubleman ; Komanonim, the author of the Mysterious Afdther. a tragedy of the highest order, and not a puling love-play.... | |
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Ultimus Romanorum," the author of the Mysterious Mother, a tragedy of the highest order, and not a puling love-play. He is the father of the first romance and of the last tragedy in our language, and surely worthy of a higher place than any living writer,... 
