 | Tobias Smollett - 1796 - 590 pages
...adopt, alternately, the foiemn, the lively, the farcaftic, the burlefque, and the vulgar. To thefe qualifications, he joined an inventive genius, and a vigorous imagination. As he poffcffed talents equal to the compofition of original works of the fame fpecies with the novel of... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1797 - 446 pages
...could adopt alternately the folemn, the lively, the farcaftic, the burlefque, and the vulgar. To thefe qualifications he joined an inventive genius, and a vigorous imagination. As he poffefled talents equal to the compofition o£ original works of the fame fpecies with the romance... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1813 - 466 pages
...versatility of talent, by which he could accommodate his style to almost every species of writing. He could adopt alternately the solemn, the lively, the sarcastic, the burlesque, and the vul* The translation published by Motteux bears, in the title-page, that it is the work of several... | |
 | Tobias Smollett, Robert Anderson - 1820 - 748 pages
...versatility of talent, by which he could accommodate his style to almost every species of writing. He could adopt, alternately, the solemn, the lively, the sarcastic,...writer more completely qualified to give a perfect translation of that romance. " Motteux, with no great abilities as an original writer, appears to me... | |
 | Tobias George [novels] Smollett - 1821 - 748 pages
...the burlesque, and the vulgar. To these qualifications, he joined an inxvi PREFATORY MEMOIR. vontivo genius, and a vigorous imagination. As he possessed...writer more completely qualified to give a perfect translation ofthat novel. " Motteux, with no great abilities as an original writer, appears to me to... | |
 | Tobias George [novels] Smollett - 1821 - 746 pages
...versatility of talent, by which he could accommodate his style to almost every species of writing. He could adopt, alternately, the solemn, the lively, the sarcastic,...the vulgar. To these qualifications, he joined an invcntivo genius, and a vigorous imagination. As be possessed talents equal to the composition of original... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1825 - 554 pages
...versatility of talent, by which he could accommodate his style to almost every species of writing. He could adopt alternately the solemn, the lively, the sarcastic,...possessed talents equal to the composition of original 5. works of the same species with the romance of Cervantes, so it is not, perhaps, possible to conceive... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1825 - 260 pages
...versatility of talent, by which he could accommodate his style to almost every species of writing. He could adopt alternately the solemn, the lively, the sarcastic,...and a vigorous imagination. As he possessed talents equal'to the composition of original works of the same species with the romance of Cervantes, so it... | |
 | JOHN BOHN - 1829 - 586 pages
...versatility of talent, by which he could accommodate his style to almost every species of writing. He could adopt, alternately, the solemn, the lively, the sarcastic,...qualifications, he joined an inventive genius, and a vigorous imagination."—Tytler. 5952 Travels through France and Italy, 2 vols. cr. 8vo. bds. 5s. Dublin, 1766... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 506 pages
...versatility of talent, by which he could accommodate his style to almost every species of writing. He could adopt, alternately, the solemn, the lively, the sarcastic,...writer more completely qualified to give a perfect translation of that novel. " Motteux, with no great abilities as an original writer, appears to me... | |
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Smollett inherited from nature a strong sense of ridicule, a great fund of original humour, and a happy versatility of talent, by which he could accommodate his style to almost every species of writing. He could adopt, alternately, the solemn, the lively,... 
