 ... for correctness of costume, beauty of description, and power of imagination, it far surpasses all European imitations; and bears such marks of originality, that those who have visited the East will find some difficulty in believing it to be more than...  The History of the Caliph Vathek - Page ivby William Beckford - 1868 - 189 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1845 - 864 pages
...correctness of costume, beauty of description, and power of imagination. " As an Eastern tale," he said, " even Rasselas must bow before it : his Happy Valley...will not bear a comparison with the Hall of Eblis." Mr. Beckford afterwards went to Portugal, and purchased an estate at Cintra — that " glorious Eden"... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1834 - 558 pages
...visited the East will find some difficulty in believing it to be a trans-' lation. As an Eastern tale, even " Rasselas " must bow before it : his " Happy...not bear a comparison with the " Hall of Eblis.'"— Life and Works, vol. viii. p. 25. , Vathek is, indeed, without reference to the time of life when the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1814 - 378 pages
...the East will find some difficulty in believing it to be more than a translation. As an Eastern tale, even Rasselas must bow before it; his " Happy Valley"...will not bear a comparison with the " Hall of Eblis." T. DAVISON, Lombard.street, Whitefriars, London. BRIDE OF ABYDOS. A TURKISH TALE. BY LORD BYRON. Had... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815 - 222 pages
...East will find some difficulty in believing it to be more tliau a translation. As an Eastern tale, even Rasselas must bow before it; his " Happy Valley"...will not bear a comparison with the " Hall of Eblis." THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS. A TURKISH TALE. Had we never loved so kindly, Had we never loved so Mindly, Never... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1816 - 228 pages
...find snme difficulty in believing it to be more than a translation. As an Eastern tale, even Hasselas must bow before it ; his " Happy Valley" will not bear a comparison with the " Hall of Eblis." THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS. A TURKISH TALE. Had we never loved so kindly, Had we never loved so blindly, Never... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1817 - 226 pages
...the East will find some difficulty in believing it to be more than a translation. As an Eastern tale, even Rasselas must bow before it ; his " Happy Valley"...will not bear a comparison with the " Hall of Eblis." THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS. A TURKISH TALE. Had we never loved so kindly, Had we never loved so blindly, Never... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 308 pages
...the East will find some difficulty in believing it to be more than a translation. As an Eastern tale, even Rasselas must bow before it ; his " Happy Valley" will not bear a comparison with the " Hall of Ebljs." END OF "VOL. II, ... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1823 - 468 pages
...the East will find some difficulty in believing it to be more than a translation. As an Eastern lale, even Rasselas must bow before it ; his " Happy Valley"...will not bear a comparison with the " Hall of Eblis." T. DA vi SON, Lombvd.itreet, ivh,t<lrure, London. L BRIDE OF ABYDOS. A TURKISH TALE. BY LORD BYRON.... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 318 pages
...the East will find some difficulty in believing it to be more than a translation. As an Eastern tale, even Rasselas must bow before it ; his " Happy Valley"...will not bear a comparison with the " Hall of Eblis." RND OF VOL. V. ... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1826 - 906 pages
...East will find some difficulty in not believing it to be more than a translation. As an Eastern tale, even ' Rasselas' must bow before it: his Happy Valley...will not bear a comparison with the Hall of Eblis." (Byron.) The Tower of ' eleven thousand stairs,' and the lights flaming through the whole of the night... | |
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