 It was his object to draw such a picture of domestic life and manners, during the feudal times, as might actually have existed, and to paint it chequered and agitated by the action of supernatural machinery, such as the superstition of the period received...  The Old English Baron: A Gothic Story - Page 235by Clara Reeve - 1883 - 405 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 pages
...picture of domestic life and manners, during the feudal times, as might actually have existed, and to paint it chequered and agitated by the action of...render those speciosa miracula striking and impressive, though our cooler reason admits their impossibility. Indeed, to produce, in a well-cultivated mind,... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...picture of domestic life and manners, during the feudal times, as might actually have existed, and to paint it chequered and agitated by the action of...the force of that association, render those speciosa miracida striking and impressive, though our cooler reason admits their impossibility. Indeed, to produce,... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 762 pages
...picture of domestic life and manners, during the feudal times, as might actually have existed, and r was fine, and our labour soon finished, we usually sat together, to enjoy an extensivelandscape, spcciosa imraculu striking and impressive, though our cooler reason admits their impossibility. Indeed,... | |
 | 1824 - 494 pages
...picture of domestic life and manners, during the feudal times, as might actually have existed, and to paint it chequered and agitated by the action of...render those speciosa miracula striking and impressive, though our cooler reason admits their impossibility. Indeed, to produce, in a well cultivated mind,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - Novelists, English - 1825 - 554 pages
...picture of domestic life and manners, during the feudal times, as might actually have existed, and to paint it chequered and agitated by the action of...render those speciosa miracula striking and impressive, though our cooler reason admits their impossibility. Indeed, to produce, in a wellcultivated mind,... | |
 | 1825 - 574 pages
...picture of domestic life and manners, during the feudal times, as might actually have existed, and to paint it chequered and agitated by the action of...and, by the force of that association, render those speciota miracula striking and impressive, though our cooler reason admits their impossihility. Indeed,... | |
 | Literature - 1825 - 492 pages
...during the feudal times, as might actually have existed, and to paint it chequered and agitated hy the action of supernatural machinery, such as the...themselves with the marvellous occurrences ; and, hy the force of that association, render those tpeciosa miracula striking and impressive, though our... | |
 | Walter Scott - France - 1834 - 506 pages
...life and manners, during the feudal times, as might actually have existed, and to paint it checkered and agitated by the action of supernatural machinery,...render those speciosa miracula striking and impressive, though our cooler reason admits their impossibility. Indeed, to produce, in a well-cultivated mind,... | |
 | William Beckford - 1834 - 414 pages
...life and manners, during the feudal times, as might actually have existed, and to paint it checkered and agitated by the action of supernatural machinery,...render those speciosa miracula striking and impressive, though our cooler reason admits their impossibility. Indeed, to produce, in a well-cultivated mind,... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1834 - 492 pages
...life and manners, during the feudal times, as might actually have existed, and to paint it checkered and agitated by the action of supernatural machinery,...render those speciosa miracula striking and impressive, though our cooler reason admits their impossibility. Indeed, to produce, in a well-cultivated mind,... | |
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