 | William Beckford - 1868 - 232 oldal
...correctness of costume, beauty of description, and power of imagination. "As an Eastern tale," he says, "even Rasselas must bow before it ; his Happy Valley...will not bear a comparison with the Hall of Eblis." As might be expected, the aim of the fortune-favoured author of " Vathek " appears to have been to... | |
 | William Beckford - 1868 - 240 oldal
...correctness of costume, beauty of description, and power of imagination. "As an eastern tale," he said, " even ' Rasselas' must bow before it; his Happy Valley will not bear a comparispn with the Hall of Eblis." Mr. JE Reade, writing of the book fifiy years afier its publication,... | |
 | 1869 - 330 oldal
...rests upon the remarkable Oriental story, entitled " Vathek." " As an Eastern tale," says Lord Byron, " even Rasselas must bow before it. His ' Happy Valley'...will not bear a comparison with the ' Hall of Eblis,' " and it must be acknowledged to display a powerful imagination, capable of forming the most gorgeous... | |
 | 1870 - 322 oldal
...rests upon the remarkable Oriental story, entitled " Vathek." " As an Eastern tale," says Lord Byron, " even Rasselas must bow before it. His ' Happy Valley'...not bear a comparison with the ' Hall of Eblis,'" and it must be acknowledged to display a powerful imagination, capable of forming the most gorgeous... | |
 | Gilderoy Wells Griffin - 1870 - 174 oldal
...perfumes burning in censers of gold. Lord Byron says, that " even Rasselas must bow before it, and the Happy Valley will not bear a comparison with the Hall of Eblis." It is pervaded by an awful spirit of mockery and derision, which contrasts strangely with the author's... | |
 | Julian Charles Young - 1871 - 400 oldal
...and bears such marks of originality, that those who have visited the East will find some dificulty in believing it to be more than a translation. As an...must bow before it. His happy valley will not bear comparison with the Hall of Eblis.' How long Beckford remained in the Pays de Vaud does not appear.... | |
 | Julian Charles Young - 1871 - 518 oldal
...originality, that those who have visited ihe Fast will find some difficulty in believing it to be more than ft translation. As an Eastern tale, even Rasselas must bow before it. His happy valley will not bear comparison with the Hall of Eblis.' How long Bcckford remained in the Pays do Vaud does not appear.... | |
 | Julian Charles Young - 1871 - 506 oldal
...bears such, marks of originality, that those who have visited ihe East will find some difficulty in believing it to be more than a translation. As an Eastern tale, even Basselas must bow before it. His happy valley will not bear comparison with the Hall of Eblis.' How... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1873 - 836 oldal
...oriental romances, as ' Lalla Rookh ' is the finest of oriental poems;" and Lord Byron said that " as an eastern tale even ' Rasselas ' must bow before...will not bear a comparison with the hall of Eblis." He displayed his fastidious taste for magnificent buildings in the erection of Fonthill abbey, with... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 374 oldal
...find some difficulty in believing it to be more than a translation. As an Eastern tale, even Itassclas must bow before it: his "Happy Valley " will not bear a comparison with the u Hall of Eblis." 82.-Page33v line 26. This broken tale was all we knew [" Nor whether most he mourn'd... | |
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Orientale;" but for correctness of costume, beauty of description, and power of imagination, it far surpasses all European imitations; and bears such marks of originality, that those who have visited the East will find some difficulty in believing it... 
