 ... that giants, magicians, fairies, and heroes of romance which succeeded, had exhausted the portion of credulity which belonged to their age ; that now nothing was left to a writer but that species of the marvellous, which might still be produced, and...  The Quarterly Review - Page 2911856Full view - About this book
 | Donald W. Livingston - History - 1998 - 462 pages
...perceived that to strike and interest the public the marvelous must be produced; that the marvelous of the heathen mythology had long since lost its effect;...portion of credulity which belonged to their age; that now nothing was left to the writer but that species of the marvelous which might still be produced,... | |
 | Antonio Negri - Law - 1999 - 388 pages
...the secret of his principles of composition. That acute, though eccentric, observer had perceived, that to strike and interest the public, the marvellous...portion of credulity which belonged to their age; that now nothing was left to a writer but that species of the marvellous which might still be produced,... | |
 | David Lorne Macdonald - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 340 pages
...he associates it with the morals of Rousseau: That acute, though eccentric, observer had perceived, that to strike and interest the public, the marvellous...and heroes of romance which succeeded, had exhausted tinportion of credulity which belonged to their age; that now nothing was left to a writer but that... | |
 | Betsy Bolton - Drama - 2001 - 298 pages
...revolutionaries, by contrast, as unable to think beyond the illusions of romance: Rousseau . . . had perceived that to strike and interest the public the marvellous must be produced; that the marvelous of the heathen mythology had long since lost its effect; that giants, magicians, fairies,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 718 pages
...the secret of his principles of composition. That acute, though eccentric observer, had perceived, that, to strike and interest the public, the marvellous...marvellous of the heathen mythology had long since lost its effects; that giants, magicians, fairies, and heroes of romance, which succeeded, had exhausted the... | |
 | Susan Manning, Peter France, Emeritus Professor of French Peter France - History - 2006 - 248 pages
...marvellous of the heathen mythology had long since lost its effect; that the giants, magicians, fames, and heroes of romance which succeeded had exhausted...portion of credulity which belonged to their age; that now nothing was left to the writer but that species of the marvellous which might still be produced,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 2008 - 590 pages
...the secret of his principles of composition. That acute, though eccentric observer, had perceived, that, to strike and interest the public, the marvellous...marvellous of the heathen mythology had long since lost its effects ; that giants, magicians, fairies, and heroes of romance, which succeeded, had exhausted the... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 2008 - 590 pages
...the secret of his principles of composition. That acute, though eccentric observer, had perceived, that, to strike and interest the public, the marvellous...marvellous of the heathen mythology had long since lost its effects ; that giants, magicians, fairies, and heroes of romance, which succeeded, had exhausted the... | |
 | United States - 1895 - 658 pages
...perceived that to strike and interest the public the marvelous must be produced; that the marvelous of the heathen mythology had long since lost its effect;...portion of credulity which belonged to their age; that now nothing was left to a writer but that species of the marvelous which might still be produced,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - France - 1955 - 384 pages
...composition. That acute, though eccentrick observer, had perceived, that to strike and interest the publick, the marvellous must be produced; that the marvellous of the heathen mythology had long since lost its effects ; that giants, magicians, fairies, and heroes of romance which succeeded, had exhausted the... | |
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