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" Fathom ; or to the terrible description of a sea-engagement, in which Roderick Random sits chained and exposed upon the poop, without the power of motion or exertion, during the carnage of a tremendous engagement. Upon many other occasions, Smollett's... "
The Quarterly Review - Page 249
edited by - 1826
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 15

1824 - 758 pages
...a tremendous engagement. Upon many other occasions, Smollett's descriptions ascend to the sublime, and, in general, there is an air of romance in his writings, which raise his narratives above the level and easy course of ordinary life. He was, like a pre-eminent poet...
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 10

1821 - 488 pages
...the name to those who write verses, a poet of distinction." " He was, like a pre-eminent poet of our day, a searcher of dark bosoms, and loved to paint...gamblers, and duellists, are as common in his works, as robbers in those of Salvator Rosa, and are drawn, in most cases, with the 'same terrible truth and...
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The novels of Tobias Smollett. To which is prefixed, a memoir of ..., Volume 2

Tobias George [novels] Smollett - 1821 - 748 pages
...a tremendous engagement. Upon many other occasions, Smollett's descriptions ascend to the sublime ; and, in general, there is an air of romance in his writings, which raise his- narratives above' the level and easy course of ordinary life. He was, like a pre-eminent...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 15

1824 - 792 pages
...a tremendous engagement. Upon many other occasions, Smollett's descriptions ascend to the sublime, and, in general, there is an air of romance in his writings, which raise his narratives above the level and easy course of ordinary life. He was, like a pre-eminent poet...
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Lives of the Novelists, Volume 1

Walter Scott - 1825 - 260 pages
...a tremendous engagement. Upon many other occasions, Smollett's descriptions ascend to the sublime; and, in general, there is an air of romance in his...of fierce and stormy passions. Hence, misanthropes, gamblecs, and duellists, are as common in his works, as robbers in those of Salvator Rosa, and are...
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Lives of the novelists, Volumes 1-2

sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1825 - 554 pages
...a tremendous engagement. Upon many other occasions, Smollett's descriptions ascend to the sublime ; and, in general, there is an air of romance in his...above the level and easy course of ordinary life. He wa*, like a pre-eminent poet of our own day, ai searcher of dark bosoms, and loved to paint characters...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 34

1826 - 644 pages
...occasions Smollett's descriptions ascend to the sublime j and in general there is an air of ronmnce in his writings, which raises his narratives above...level and easy course of ordinary life. He was, like » pre-eminent poet of our own day, a searcher of dark bosoms, and loved to paint characters under...
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Biographical Memoirs of Eminent Novelists, and Other Distinguished ..., Volume 3

Walter Scott - 1834 - 492 pages
...a tremendous engagement. Upon many other occasions, Smollett's descriptions ascend to the snblime ; and, in general, there is an air of romance in his...gamblers, and duellists, are as common in his works, as robbers in those of Salvator Rosa, and are drawn, in most cases, with the same terrible truth and effect....
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The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Biographical memoirs of eminent ...

Walter Scott - 1834 - 506 pages
...a tremendous engagement. Upon many other occasions, Smollett's descriptions ascend to the sublime ; and, in general, there is an air of romance in his...gamblers, and duellists, are as common in his works, as robbers in those of Salvator Rosa, and are drawn, in most cases, with the same terrible truth and effect....
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Select Works of Tobias Smollett ...: With a Memoir of the Life and ..., Volume 1

Tobias George Smollett, Sir Walter Scott - 1835 - 554 pages
...a tremendous engagement. Upon many other occasions, Smollett's descriptions ascend to the sublime; | 2b= q 4T&; w < : B S 3= -r 4 a b8 xy /F ( SI= paiut characters under the strong agitation of fierce and stormy passions. Hence misanthropes, gamblers,...
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