 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1766 - 234 pages
...the boundlefs realms of invention, and thence 3 of of creating more interefting fituations, he wifhed to conduct the mortal agents in his drama according to the rules of probability; in fhort, to make them think, fpeak and aft, as it might be fuppofed mere men and women would do in extraordinary... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1769 - 234 pages
...realms of invention, and thence 3 ' of of creating more interefting fituations, he wifhed to condudt the mortal agents in his drama according to the rules of probability; in Ihort, to make them think, fpeak and a£r, as it might be fuppofed mere men and women would do in extraordinary... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1794 - 202 pages
...through the boundlefs realms of invention, and thence of creating more interefting fitnalions , he wifhed to conduct the mortal agents in his drama according to the rules of probability; in I'hort, to make them think, fpeak and act , as it mtght be frippofed m£re men and women would do in... | |
 | William Beckford - 1834 - 418 pages
...the following pages thought it possible to reconcile the two kinds. Desirous of leaving the powers x. of fancy at liberty to expatiate through the boundless...invention, and thence of creating more interesting situ, ations, he wished to conduct the mortal agents in his drama according to the rules of probability... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1840 - 172 pages
...in hand, in as close alliance as their distinctive qualities would allow. " Desirous of leaving the powers of fancy at liberty to expatiate through the...and thence of creating more interesting situations, the author wished to conduct the moral agents in his drama according to the rules of probability ;... | |
 | Wilhelm Dibelius - English fiction - 1910 - 444 pages
...author of the following pages thought it desirable to reconcile the two kinds. Desirou* of leaving the powers of fancy at liberty to expatiate through the...in short to make them think. speak and act, as it riiiqht be supposed mere men and women would do in extraordinary positions. tiz had observed. that... | |
 | William John Courthope - English poetry - 1910 - 526 pages
...possible to reconcile the two kinds [of romance, the ancient and the modern]. Desirous of leaving the powers of fancy at liberty to expatiate through the...in his drama according to the rules of probability ; to make them think, speak, and act as it might be supposed mere men and women would do in extraordinary... | |
 | Einar Nylén - English literature - 1924 - 320 pages
...author of the following pages thought it possible to reconcile the two kinds. Desirous of leaving the powers of fancy at liberty to expatiate through the...situations, he wished to conduct the mortal agents in his drame according to the rules of 1) »When you read of the picture quitting its panel, did not you recollect... | |
 | Einar Nylén - English literature - 1924 - 322 pages
...following pages thought it possible to reconcile the two kinds. Desirous of leaving the powers of fancy ät liberty to expatiate through the boundless realms...situations, he wished to conduct the mortal agents in his drame according to the rules of ') »When you read of the picture quitting its panel, did not you recollect... | |
 | George E. Haggerty - Literary Criticism - 2010 - 216 pages
...affective impression on the reader. Walpole says in his preface that he is "desirous of leaving the powers of fancy at liberty to expatiate through the boundless realms of invention" as a way of "creating more interesting situations" (7). The language of this simple assertion suggests... | |
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Desirous of leaving the powers of fancy at liberty to expatiate through the boundless realms of invention... 
