 | Samuel Richardson - 1804 - 416 pages
...give them a " little book (which, they said, they were " often asked after) of familiar letters oa " the useful concerns in common life; " and, at last,...ladies, until " I found the books well received by the " public. " While I was writing the two volumes, " my worthy-hearted wife, and the young " lady who... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1810 - 524 pages
...parade of romance-writing, and, dismissing the improbable and marvellous, with which novels generally abound, might tend to promote the cause of religion...virtue. I therefore gave way to enlargement ; and so PaT mcla became as you see her. But so little did I hope, for the approbation of judges, that I had... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1810 - 532 pages
...parade of romance-writing, and, dismissing the improbable and marvellous, with which novels generally abound, might tend to promote the cause of religion...the two volumes to your ladies, until I found the book well received by the public. " While I was writing the two volumes, my worthy-hearted wife, and... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1810 - 530 pages
...parade of romance-writing, and, dismissing the improbable and marvellous, with which novels generally abound, might tend to promote the cause of religion...the two volumes to your ladies, until I found the book well received by the public. " While I was writing the two volumes, my worthy-hearted wife, and... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1810 - 528 pages
...parade of romance-writing, and, dismissing the improbable and marvellous, with which novels generally abound, might tend to promote the cause of religion...virtue. I therefore gave way to enlargement ; and so Pat mela became as you see her. But so little did I hope for the approbation of judges, that I had... | |
 | Samuel Richardson - 1824 - 808 pages
...parade of romance- writing, and, dismissing the improbable and marvellous, with which novels generally abound, might tend to promote the cause of religion...ladies, until I found the books well received by the public. " While I was writing the two volumes, my worthy-hearted wife, and the young lady who is with... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - Novelists, English - 1825 - 554 pages
...parade of romance-writing, and, dismissing the improbable and marvellous, with which novels generally abound, might tend to promote the cause of religion...ladies, until I found the books well received by the public. « While I was writing the two volumes, my worthy-hearted wife, and the young lady who is with... | |
 | Walter Scott - France - 1834 - 506 pages
...parade of romance-writing, and, dismissing the improbable and marvellous, with which novels generally abound, might tend to promote the cause of religion...ladies, until I found the books well received by the public. " While I was writing the two volumes, my worthy-hearted wife, and the young lady who is with... | |
 | Walter Scott - Chivalry - 1834 - 484 pages
...parade of romance- writing, and, dismissing the improbable and marvellous, with which novels generally abound, might tend to promote the cause of religion...ladies, until I found the books well received by the public. " While I was writing the two volumes, my worthy-hearted wife, and the young lady who is with... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1834 - 492 pages
...parade of romance-writing, and, dismissing the improbable and marvellous, with which novels generally abound, might tend to promote the cause of religion...ladies, until I found the books well received by the public. " While I was writing the two volumes, my worthy-hearted wife, and the young lady who is with... | |
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... to the simplicity of it, might possibly introduce a new species of writing, that might possibly turn young people into a course of reading different from the pomp and parade of romance-writing, and dismissing the improbable and marvellous, with which... 
