... which surpasses all others in its homage for the sublime and its love for the beautiful in those famous regions consecrated to everlasting immortality in the annals of the prophets, and which no other modern writer has ever depicted with a pencil... Hochelaga: Or, England in the New World - Seite 181von George Warburton - 1846Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| John Wilson - 1845 - 248 Seiten
...its value as an original narrative, comprises much useful and interesting information."—Quarterly Review. " Nothing but the already overdone topics...force, vivacity, or humor, are to be found in the volumes."—Spectator. " This delightful work is, from first to last, a splendid panorama of Eastern... | |
| Eliot Warburton - 1845 - 396 Seiten
...value as an original narrative, comprises much useful and interesting information. From the SPECTATOR. Nothing but the already overdone topics prevented...with anecdote, information and impression, it perhaps suipasses it. Innumerable passages of force, vivacity, or humour are to be found in the volumes. From... | |
| Lady Hester Stanhope - 1845 - 392 Seiten
...value as an original narrative, comprises much useful and interesting information. From the SPECTATOR, Nothing but the already overdone topics prevented...with anecdote, information and impression, it perhaps suipasses it. Innumerable passages of force, vivacity, or humour are to be found in the volumes. From... | |
| Eliot Warburton (i.e. Bartholomew Elliott George) - 1848 - 344 Seiten
...but the already overd_one topics prevented Mr. Warburton's Eastern sketches from rivalling Eolfien in variety : in the mixture of story with anecdote,...surpasses it. Innumerable passages of force, vivacity, or humour are to be found in the volumes. From the MORNINQ POST. This delightful work is, from first to... | |
| James Phillips Fletcher - 1850 - 402 Seiten
...KEALITIES OF EASTERN TRAVEL. BY ELIOT WARBURTON, ESQ. CB1TICA.L OPINIONS ON THIS WOBK. Prom the SPECTATOR Nothing but the already overdone topics prevented...surpasses it. Innumerable passages of force, vivacity, or humour are to be found in the volumes. From the MORNING POST. This delightful work is, from first to... | |
| Mrs. Matthew Hall - 1854 - 420 Seiten
...writer has ever depicted with a pencil at once so reverent and so picturesque. From the SPECTATOR. In the mixture of story with anecdote, information and impression, it perhaps surpasses " Eothen." Innumerable passages of force, vivacity, or humour are to be found in the volumes. From... | |
| William Henry Curran - 1855 - 428 Seiten
...writer baa ever depioted with a pencil at once so reverent and so picturesque." FROM THE " SPECTATOR." " In the mixture of story with anecdote, information, and impression, it perhaps surpasses ' Ed then.' Innumerable passage! of force, vivacity, or humour an to be found in the volumes." FROM... | |
| William Henry Curran - 1855 - 396 Seiten
...writer has ever depicted with a pencil at once so reverent and so picturesque." FROM THE "SPECTATOR." " In the mixture of story with anecdote, information, and impression, it perhaps surpasses ' Eothen.' Innumerable passages of force, vivacity, or humour are to be found in the volumes," FROM... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1855 - 334 Seiten
...writer baa ever depicted with a pencil at once so reverent and so picturesque." FROM THB "SPECTATOR." "In the mixture of story with anecdote, information, and impression, it perhaps surpassea * Eothen/ Innumerable passages of force, vivacity, or humour are to be found iu the volumes."... | |
| Dinah Maria Mulock Craik - 1857 - 348 Seiten
...other modern writer has ever depicted with a pencil at once so reverent and picturesque.*' — Sun. " In the mixture of story with anecdote, information and Impression, it perhaps surpasses 'Eothen.' Innumerable passages of force, vivacity, or humour are to be found in this volume."— Spectator.... | |
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