 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 420 pages
...are accommodated to the expression both of grave burlesque, and of low humour. Inferior to Smollet in inventive genius, he seems to have equalled him...essentially requisite to a translator of Don Quixote. — On the whole," he concludes, " I am inclined to think, that the version of Motteux is by far the... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 424 pages
...are accommodated to the expression both of grave burlesque, and of low humour. Inferior to Smollet in inventive genius, he seems to have equalled him...essentially requisite to a translator of Don Quixote. — Ou the whole," he concludes, " I am inclined to think, that the version of Motteux is by far the... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1813 - 466 pages
...are accommodated to the expression both of grave burlesque, and of low humour. Inferior to Smollet in inventive genius, he seems to have equalled him...difficult to be decided. It would have been so, had Smollet confided in his own strength, and bestowed on his task that time and labour which the length... | |
 | Tobias Smollett, Robert Anderson - 1820 - 748 pages
...perception of the ridiculous, in human character, a just discernment of the weaknesses and lollies of mankind. He seems likewise to have had a great...in his own strength, and bestowed on his task that time and labour which the length and difficulty of the work required ; but Smollett too often wrote... | |
 | Tobias George [novels] Smollett - 1821 - 746 pages
...is not perhaps possible to conceive a writer more completely qualified to give a perfect translation of that novel. " Motteux, with no great abilities...in his own strength, and bestowed on his task that time and labour which the length and difficulty of the work required ; but Smollett too often wrote... | |
 | Tobias George [novels] Smollett - 1821 - 748 pages
...perhaps possible to conceive a writer more completely qualified to give a perfect translation ofthat novel. " Motteux, with no great abilities as an original...in his own strength, and bestowed on his task that time and labour which the length and difficulty of the work required ; but Smollett too often wrote... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1825 - 554 pages
...not, perhaps, possible to conceive a writer more completely qualified to give a perfect translation of that novel. « Motteux, with no great abilities...in his own strength, and bestowed on his task that time and labour which the length and difficulty of the work required ; but Smollett too often wrote... | |
 | Tobias Smollett, Thomas Roscoe - 1831 - 472 pages
...the various styles which are accommodated to the expression both of grave burlesque and of low humor. Inferior to Smollett in inventive genius, he seems...in his own strength, and bestowed on his task that time and labor which the length and difficulty of the work required ; but Smollett too often wrote... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 506 pages
...is not perhaps possible to conceive a writer more completely qualified to give a perfect translation of that novel. " Motteux, with no great abilities...in his own strength, and bestowed on his task that time and labour •which the length and difficulty of the work required ; but Smollett too often wrote... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 492 pages
...not perhaps possible to conceive a writer more completely qualified to give a perfect translation, of that novel. " Motteux, with no great abilities...in his own strength, and bestowed on his task that time and labour which the length and difficulty of the work required ; but Smollett too often wrote... | |
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Motteux, with no great abilities as an original writer, appears to me to have been endowed with a strong perception of the ridiculous in human character, a just discernment of the •weaknesses and follies of mankind. He seems likewise to have had a great... 
