 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1833 - 466 pages
...composition of his incomparable letters, and of ' The Castle of Otranto,' he is the Ultimus Romanorum, the author of the ' Mysterious Mother,' a tragedy...and surely worthy of a higher place than any living author, be he who he may."* In speaking of the " Castle of Otranto," it may be remarked as a singular... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1833 - 450 pages
...composition of his incomparable letters, and of ' The Castle of Otranto,' he is the Ultimus Romanorum, the author of the ' Mysterious Mother,' a tragedy...and surely worthy of a higher place than any living author, be he who he may.""f In speaking of the " Castle of Otranto," it may be remarked as a singular... | |
 | 1834 - 754 pages
...composition of his incomparable Letters, and of the Castle of Otranto, he is the Ultimus Romanorum, the author of the 'Mysterious Mother,' a tragedy of...and surely worthy of a higher place than any living author, be he who he may." * Of the " Mysterious Mother "we are not much at present inclined to speak.... | |
 | William Beckford - 1834 - 414 pages
...of the Novelists, Paris Editton, vol. ii. t Biographical Dictionary by Chalmen. Article " Walpole." Mother,' a tragedy of the highest order, and not a...and surely worthy of a higher place than any living author, be he who he may." * In speaking of the " Castle of Otranto," it may be remarked as a singular... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1835 - 348 pages
...composition of his incomparable letters, and of the Castle of Otranto, he is the " Ultimus Romanorum," the author of the Mysterious Mother, a tragedy of...higher place than any living writer, be he who he may.(i) In speaking of the drama of Marino Faliero, I forgot to mention, that the desire of preserving,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1835 - 400 pages
...to the correspondence with Sir H. Mann, Lord Byron's words are : — " He is the ultimus Romanorum, the author of the ' Mysterious Mother,' a tragedy...and surely worthy of a higher place than any living author, be he who he may." — Preface to Marino Faliero. Is not " Romeo and Juliet" a love-play 1... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1835 - 394 pages
...Rowe's and Thomson's, which was execrably bad : — any approach, therefore, to the manner of mance, and of the last tragedy, in our language ; and surely worthy of a higher place than any living author, be he who he may." — Preface to Marino Faliero. Is not " Romeo and Juliet " a love play ?... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1835 - 386 pages
...to the correspondence with Sir H. Mann, Lord Byron's words are: — " He is the ultimus Romanorum, the author of the ' Mysterious Mother,' a tragedy of the highest order, and not a puling love play. He is the father of the first roHorace Walpole above every author living in his, Lord Byron's,... | |
 | William Beckford - 1836 - 416 pages
...composition of his incomparable letters, and of ' The Castle of Otranto,' he is the Ultimus Romanorum, the author of the 'Mysterious Mother,' a tragedy of...and surely worthy of a higher place than any living author, be he who he may." * In speaking of the " Castle of Otranto," it may be remarked as a singular... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1836 - 402 pages
...to the correspondence with Sir H. Mann. Lord Byron's words are : — " He is the ultimus Romanorum, the author of the ' Mysterious Mother,' a tragedy of the highest order, and not a LEWIS'S " JAMAICA JOURNAL." 293 every author living in his, Lord Byron's, time. Upon •which I venture... | |
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Ultimus Romanorum," the author of the Mysterious Mother, a tragedy of the highest order, and not a puling love-play. He is the father of the first romance and of the last tragedy in our language, and surely worthy of a higher place than any living writer,... 
