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" It was an attempt to blend the two kinds of romance, the ancient and the modern. In the former, all was imagination and improbability ; in the latter, nature is always intended to be, and sometimes has been, copied with success. Invention has not been... "
The English Novel: Being a Short Sketch of Its History from the Earliest ... - Page 222
by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, Walter Raleigh - 1894 - 298 pages
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The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story ... Last Edition Adorned with Cuts

Horace Walpole - 1794 - 202 pages
...unlefs better judges fhould pronounce that he might own -it without 3. blvufh,. • iv It was an attempt to blend the two kinds of Romance, the ancient and the modern. In the former, all was imagination and improbability: in the latter, nature is always intended to be,...
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Analytical Review: Or History of Literature, Domestic and Foreign ..., Volume 28

1799 - 730 pages
...maflacres.' Vol. 1 1 commences with ' the Caftle of Otranto, a gothic flory.' This is evidently an attempt to blend the two kinds of romance, the ancient and the modern ; accordingly, the terrific of the onf, and the probability of the other, are endeavoured to be united...
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The British Novelists: With an Essay, and Prefaces, Biographical ..., Volume 22

1820 - 328 pages
...trifle, unless better judges should pronounce that he might own it without a blush. It was an attempt to blend the two kinds of romance, the ancient and the modern. In the former, all was imagination and improbability: in the latter, nature is always intended to be,...
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The old English baron [by C. Reeve]. The castle of Otranto, by H. Walpole

Clara Reeve - 1820 - 328 pages
...trifle, unless better judges should pronounce that he might own it without a blush. It was an attempt to blend the two kinds of romance, the ancient and the modern. In the former, all was imagination and improbability : in the latter, nature is always intended to...
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Vathek, by W. Beckford. [Tr. by S. Henley. Followed by] The castle of ...

William Beckford - 1834 - 414 pages
...trifle, unless better judges should pronounce that he might own it without a blush. It was an attempt to blend the two kinds of romance, the ancient and the modern. In the former, all was imagination and improbability ; in the latter, nature is always intended to...
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Vathek: An Arabian Tale. With Notes, Critical and Explanatory

William Beckford - 1836 - 416 pages
...trifle, unless better judges should pronounce that he might own it without a blush. It was an attempt to blend the two kinds of romance; the ancient and the modern. In the former, all was imagination and improbability; in the latter, nature is always intended to be,...
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British Novelists and Their Styles: Being a Critical Sketch of the History ...

David Masson - 1859 - 356 pages
...Castle of Otranto may more properly require a word or two. It was " an attempt," says the author, " to blend the two kinds of Romance, the ancient and the modern. In the former, all was imagination and improbability ; in the latter, nature is always intended to...
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English Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches

Julia Kavanagh - 1862 - 352 pages
...preface to a second edition the author informed the public that the " Castle of Otranto " was an attempt to blend the two kinds of romance, the ancient and the modern; and, expatiating on this theme , he laid bare his mode of action, explaining, at some length, his plan...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 147

1879 - 612 pages
...correctly appreciated the condition of the public taste — ' The tale,' he says, ' was an attempt to blend the two kinds of romance, the ancient and the modern. In the former all was imagination and improbability ; in the latter, nature is always intended to be,...
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The Old English Baron: A Gothic Story

Clara Reeve - 1883 - 448 pages
...trifle, unless better judges should pronounce that he might own it without a blush. It was an attempt to blend the two kinds of Romance, the ancient and the modern. In the former, all was imagination and improbability : in the latter, nature is always intended to...
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