 | Richard Cumberland - 1795 - Počet stránok 352
...feafoned with adventures — for who will thank us for a dull and lifelcfs journal of infipid fa£ts ? Now every peculiarity of humour in the human character...is undoubtedly a land-mark in the fields of fancy, funt certi denique fines, but it requires a nice difcernment to find them out, and a cautious temper... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1825 - Počet stránok 338
...highly seasoned with adventures — for who will thank us for a dull and lifeless journal of insipid facts ? Now every peculiarity of humour in the human character is a strain upon nature, and every surprising incident is a degree of violence to probability : How far... | |
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... to, and probability is not to be lost sight of; but it must be nature strongly featured, and probability closely bordering on the marvellous; the one must touch upon extravagance, and the other be highly seasoned with adventures — for who will thank... 