| John Smith, George Canning, John Hookham Frere, Robert Percy Smith - 1788 - 476 pages
...of enhancing the character of their hero, as for eftablifhing their favourite maxim of love at firfi fight ; and their Hero, who feldom, extends his travels...alone excepted, we fhall find, that the NOVEL is but a tjnore modern modification of the fame ingredients which conftitute the ROMANCE; and that a recipe... | |
| John Smith, George Canning, Robert Percy Smith, John Hookham Frere - 1809 - 176 pages
...such a horse as that of Saint tieorge. But these peculiarities of absurdity alone excepted, we shall find, that the novel is but a more modern modification of the same ingredients which constitute the romance; and that a recipe for the one may be equally serviceable... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 426 pages
...flights by the limits of probability. But, these peculiarities of absurdity alone excepted, we shall find, that the novel is but a more modern modification of the same ingredients which constitute the romance; and that a recipe for the one may be equally serviceable... | |
| George Canning - 1825 - 312 pages
...such a horse as that of St. George. But, these peculiarities of absurdity alone excepted, we shall find that the novel is but a more modern modification of the same ingredients which constitute the romance ; and that a recipe for the one may be equally serviceable... | |
| George Canning, John Hookham Frere, George Ellis - Burlesque - 1890 - 456 pages
...to such a horse as that of St. George. But these peculiarities of absurdity alone excepted, we shall find that the novel is but a more modern modification of the same ingredients which constitute the romance, and that a recipe for the one may be equally serviceable... | |
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