 ... entirely destructive of that frame of mind which his Poem requires in order to be relished. I have dwelt the longer on this branch of Literature, because you are chiefly to look here for materials of fun and irony. Voyages and Travels indeed are no...  The Monthly Magazine - Page 3101810Full view - About this book
 | 1903 - 434 pages
...of fun and irony. Voyages and Travels indeed are no barren ground ; and you must seldom let a Number of your Review go abroad without an Article of this...its uniting Narrative with Information. The interest wey take in the story can only be kept alive by minute incident and occasional detail ; which puts... | |
 | Rollo Walter Brown - 1921 - 386 pages
...of fun and irony. Voyages and travels indeed are no barren ground, and you must seldom let a number of your Review go abroad without an article of this...of the traveller's feelings, his hopes, his fears, his disappointments, and his pleasures. At the same time the thirst for knowledge and love of novelty... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1921 - 458 pages
...fun and irony. Voyages and travels, indeed, are no barren ground, and you must seldom let a number of your review go abroad without an article of this...occasional detail, which puts us in possession of the traveler's feelings, his hopes, his fears, his disappointments, and his pleasures. At the same time... | |
 | George Stuart Gordon - 1927 - 188 pages
...of fun and irony. Voyages and Travels indeed are no barren ground, and you must seldom let a number of your Review go abroad without an article of this...of the traveller's feelings, his hopes, his fears, his disappointments, and his pleasures. At the same time the thirst for knowledge and love of novelty... | |
 | Edward Copleston - 1927 - 48 pages
...of fun and irony. Voyages and Travels indeed are no barren ground, and you must seldom let a number of your Review go abroad without an article of this...felt, arises chiefly from its uniting narrative with information.The interest we take in the Story can only be kept alive by minute incident and occasional... | |
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