The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. I have read all Mrs Radcliffe's works, and most of them with great pleasure. The 'Mysteries of Udolpho,' when I had once begun it, I could not lay down... Littell's Living Age - 614. oldal1911Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
| Jane Austen - 1818 - 338 oldal
...they are not clever M 5 enough enough for you — gentlemen read better books." " The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. I have read all Mrs. Radcliffe's works, and most of them with great pleasure. The Mysteries of Udolpho,... | |
| Jane Austen - 1833 - 464 oldal
..." Because they are not clever enough for you — gentlemen read better books." " The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. I have read all Mrs. Radcliffe's works, and most of them with great pleasure. The ' Mysteries of Udolpho,'... | |
| Anne Katharine Curteis Elwood - 1843 - 368 oldal
...honourable testimony to the merits of that lady's performances. " The person," he observes, " be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. I have read all Mrs. RadcliflVs works, and most of them with great pleasure. ' The Mysteries of Udolpho,'... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1853 - 946 oldal
..." Because they are not clever enough for you — gentlemen read better books." " The person, be it h Josepha Buell Hale I have read all Mrs. Radcliffe's works, and most of them with great pleasure. The Мувteries of Udolpho,... | |
| Henrietta Keddie - 1880 - 420 oldal
...' Because they are not clever enough for you ; gentlemen read better books.' " ' The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. I have read all Mrs. Radcliffe's works, and most of them with great pleasure. The ' Mysteries of Udolpho/... | |
| Jane Austen - 1882 - 450 oldal
...' Because they are not clever enough for you — gentlemen read better books.' ' The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. I have read all Mrs. Radcliffe's works, and most of them with great pleasure. The " Mysteries of Udolpho,"... | |
| Luise Mühlbach - 1883 - 308 oldal
...to say how much these volumes have interested us." — National Intelligencer. " The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid." — JANE AUSTEN. FOUR SELECT PEIALE IOYELISTS. New Editions, each Author in Uniform Style. ELIZABETH... | |
| Luise Mühlbach - 1884 - 338 oldal
...the Chateau of Vaux- Renaud, August 20, ISSa THE END. ir и. r )'•'•••" " The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid" — JAITE AUSTEN. ШЕ SELECT WOMEN NOVELISTS. New Editions, each Author in Uniform Style. ELIZABETH... | |
| Jane Austen - 1892 - 280 oldal
...not?" "Because they are not clever enough for you; gentlemen read better books." " The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. I have read all Mrs Radcliffe's works, and most of them with great pleasure. The ' Mysteries of Udolpho,'... | |
| Jane Austen - 1892 - 296 oldal
...they are not clever enough for you; gentlemen read better books." " Why not ? " " The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. I have read all Mrs Radcliffe's works, and most of them with great pleasure. The' Mysteries of Udolpho,'... | |
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