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, be... The North American Review - Page 2461821Full view - About this book
| JOHN BOHN - 1829 - 586 pages
...composition of his incomparable letters, and of the Castle of Otranto, he is the ' Ultimas Romanorum,' the author of the Mysterious Mother, a tragedy of...higher place than any living writer, be he who he may." — Byron. 17, HENRIETTA STREET. 4652 ORFORD'S (HORATIO WALPOLE EARL OF) ANECDOTES OF PAINTING IN ENGLAND,... | |
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| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 542 pages
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| Horace Walpole - 1833 - 450 pages
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| Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1833 - 466 pages
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| 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
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| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1835 - 348 pages
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| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1835 - 410 pages
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