 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1812 - 572 ページ
...he>observes, ' it is that of darkening the gloomy and deepening the •ad, of painting life in extremes, and representing those struggles of passion when the...on the verge of the unlawful and the unhallowed.' Those who find this description attractive will do well to read the ' Milesian Chief ;' though we must... | |
 | 1849 - 736 ページ
...deepening the sad, of painting life in extremes, and representing those struggles of passion, where the soul trembles on the verge of the unlawful and the unhallowed. He wrote six romances — " Fatal Revenge ; or, the House of Montorio," " The Wild Irish Boy," " The... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1894 - 476 ページ
...talent, it is that of darkening the gloomy, and of deepening the sad ; of painting life in extremes, and representing those struggles of passion when the...on the verge of the unlawful and the unhallowed.' He might in addition have credited himself with eloquence and reproached himself with a lack of artistic... | |
 | Max Rentsch - 1902 - 176 ページ
...talent, it is that of darkening the gloomy, and of deepening the sad ; of painting life in extremes and representing those struggles of passion when the...on the verge of the unlawful and the unhallowed." s) In Allibone's Dictionary heisst es: „His [di Maturin's] tragedies and novels exhibit eonsiderable... | |
 | Oliver Elton - 1920 - 482 ページ
...His aim is that of darkening the gloomy, and deepening the sad ; of painting life in extremes ; of representing those struggles of passion when the soul...trembles on the verge of the unlawful and the unhallowed. He begins with a wish to edify, but forgets it under the pressure of his genius. A sentence that he... | |
 | Niilo Idman - 1923 - 342 ページ
...talent, it is that of darkening the gloomy, and of deepening the .sad; of painting life in extremes, and representing those struggles of passion when the...trembles on the verge of the unlawful and the unhallowed. Of the work now at hand Maturin adds: In the following pages I have tried to apply these powers to... | |
 | Niilo Idman - 1923 - 344 ページ
...talent, it is that of darkening the gloomy, and of deepening the sad; of painting life in extremes, and representing those struggles of passion when the...trembles on the verge of the unlawful and the unhallowed. Of the work now at hand Maturin adds: In the following pages I have tried to apply these powers to... | |
 | Oliver Elton - 1924 - 482 ページ
...His aim is that of darkening the gloomy, and deepening the sad ; of painting life in extremes ; of representing those struggles of passion when the soul...trembles on the verge of the unlawful and the unhallowed. He begins with a wish to edify, but forgets it under the pressure of his genius. A sentence that he... | |
 | Mackenzie Bell - 1927 - 528 ページ
...talent it is that of darkening the gloomy, and of deepening the sad ; of painting life in extremes, and representing those struggles of passion when the...on the verge of the unlawful and the unhallowed." For once an author, turned critic of himself, proved correct. And yet, particularly in Melmoth the... | |
 | Mackenzie Bell - 1927 - 486 ページ
...talent it is that of darkening the gloomy, and of deepening the sad ; of painting life in extremes, and representing those struggles of passion when the...on the verge of the unlawful and the unhallowed." For once an author, turned critic of himself, proved correct. And yet, particularly in Melmoth the... | |
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If I possess any talent, it is that of darkening the gloomy, and of deepening the .sad; of painting life in extremes, and representing those struggles of passion when the soul trembles on the verge of the unlawful and the unhallowed. 
