It is the fashion to underrate Horace Walpole, firstly, because he was a nobleman, and secondly, because he was a gentleman; but, to say nothing of the composition of his incomparable " Letters," and of the "Castle of Otranto," he is the "Ultimus Romanorum,"... The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 221834Full view - About this book
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...De Montfort. It is the fashion to underrate Horace Walpole; firstly, because he was a nobleman, and secondly, because he was a gentleman; but to say nothing...and of the Castle of Otranto, he is the " Ultimus Roman or um," the author of the Mysterious Mother, a tragedy of the highest order, and not a puling... | |
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...gentleman; hut to say nothing of the composition of his incomparahle letters, and of the Castle of Olranto, he is the " Ultimus Romanorum," the author of the...Mother, a tragedy of the highest order, and not a paling love-play? He is the father of the first romance, and of the last tragedy in our language, and... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 916 pages
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| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1827 - 888 pages
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| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1828 - 780 pages
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