| Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...MEMOIR TO WALPOLE. THE Castle of Otranto is remarkable, not only for the wild interest of the story, but as the first modern attempt to found a tale of amusing...upon the basis of the ancient romances of chivalry. The neglect and discredit of these venerable legends had commenced so early as the reign of Queen Elizabeth,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 pages
...MEMOIE TO WALPOLE. THE Castle of Otranto is remarkable, not only for the wild interest of the story, but as the first modern attempt to found a tale of amusing...upon the basis of the ancient romances of chivalry. The neglect and discredit of these venerable legends had commenced so early as the reign of Queen Elizabeth,... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1825 - 554 pages
...adorned. WALPOLE. THE Castle of Otranto is remarkable, not only for the wild interest of the story, but as the first modern attempt to found a tale of amusing...upon the basis of the ancient romances of chivalry. The neglect and discredit of these venerable legends had commenced so early as the reign of Queen Elisabeth,... | |
| 1825 - 610 pages
...JVoveUst't Library.] . THE Castle of Otranto is remarkable/ not only for the wild interest of the story, but as the first modern attempt to found a tale of amusing; fiction opon the basis of the ancient romances of chivalry. The neglect and discredit of these venerable legends... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1833 - 436 pages
...Otranto is remarkable," observes an eminent critic, " not only for the wild interest of its story, but as the first modern attempt to found a tale of amusing...upon the basis of the ancient romances of chivalry." " This romance," he continues, " has been justly considered not only as the original and model of a... | |
| Walter Scott - 1834 - 506 pages
...HORACE WALPOLE. THE Castle of Otranto is remarkable, not only for the wild interest of the story, but as the first modern attempt to found a tale of amusing...upon the basis of the ancient romances of chivalry. The neglect and discredit of these venerable legends had commenced so early as the reign of Queen Elizabeth,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1834 - 492 pages
...HORACE WALPOLE. « THE Castle of Otranto is remarkable, not only for the wild interest of the story, but as the first modern attempt to found a tale of amusing...upon the basis of the ancient romances of chivalry. The neglect and discredit of these venerable legends had commenced so early as the reign of Queen Elizabeth,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1834 - 484 pages
...HORACE WALPOLE. THE Castle of Otranto is remarkable, not only for the wild interest of the story, but as the first modern attempt to found a tale of amusing...upon the basis of the ancient romances of chivalry. The neglect and discredit of these venerable legends had commenced so early as the reign of Queen Elizabeth,... | |
| H. M. Melford - 1841 - 466 pages
...• , -r , The Castle of Otranto is remarkable , not only for the wild interest of the story , but as the first modern attempt to found a tale of amusing...upon the basis of the ancient romances of chivalry. (W. Scott's Lives.) Meantime the village rouses np the fire, While well attested , and as well believed,... | |
| John Fisher Murray - 1842 - 322 pages
...originality; " it is remarkable," says that great writer, " not only for the wild interest of its story, but as the first modern attempt to found a tale of amusing...upon the basis of the ancient romances of chivalry. This romance has been justly considered as not only the original and model of a peculiar species of... | |
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