...a tremendous engagement. Upon many other occasions, Smollett s descriptions ascend to the sublime ; and, in general, there is an air of romance in his...level and easy course of ordinary life. He was, like a pre•mment poet of our own day. a searcher of dark bosoms, and loved to paint characters under the...

...of a tremendous engagement. Upon many other occasions Smollett's descriptions ascend to the sublime; and, in general, there is an air of romance in his writings, which raise his narratives above the level and easy course of ordinary life. He was, like a pre-eminent poet...

...a tremendous engagement. Upon many other occasions Smollett's descriptions ascend to the sublime ; and, in general, there is an air of romance in his writings, which raise his narratives above the level and easy course of ordinary life. He was, like a pre-eminent poet...

...trenicndous_engagement. Upon many other occasions^ -"Smollett's descriptions ascend to Th<T sublime ; and, in general, there is an air of romance in his...like a pre-eminent poet of our own day, a searcher ofdark_b£S£mj,_andlovcd_±a-paint (fLatr, charactergjinder tl;c.. s±£oig_agi±ation "ofTierce arid...

...for Booth, who does not come. Smollett, in his opinion, is, like Byron, "a searcher of dark bosoms" ; and, "in general, there is an air of romance in his...narratives above the level and easy course of ordinary life."88 This, apparently, was enough for Scott. It atoned for Smollett's coarseness and bru64 The...