 THE favourable manner in which this little piece has been received by the public calls upon the author to explain the grounds on which he composed it. But before he opens those motives, it is fit that he should ask pardon of his readers for having offered...  Literary Forgeries - Sivu 148tekijä(t) James Anson Farrer - 1907 - 282 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1766 - 234 sivua
...the grounds on which he compofed it. But before he opens thofe motives, it is fit that he fhould afk pardon of his readers for having offered his work to them under the borrowed perfonage of a tranflator. As diffidence of his own abilities, and the novelty of the attempt, were... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1794 - 202 sivua
...pardon of his readers for having offered his \vork to them upder the borrowed perfonage of a tranflator. As diffidence of his own abilities, and the novelty of the attempt, were his fole inducements to aflume that difguife , he flatters himfelf he fhall appear excufeable. He refigned... | |
 | 1820 - 328 sivua
...upon the author to explain the grounds on which he composed it. - But before he opens those motives, it is fit that he should ask pardon of his readers...own abilities, and the novelty of the attempt, were his sole inducements to assume that disguise, he flatters himself he shall appear excusable. He resigned... | |
 | Clara Reeve - 1820 - 328 sivua
...upon the author to explain the grounds on which he composed it. But before he opens those motives, it is fit that he should ask pardon of his readers...own abilities, and the novelty of the attempt, were his sole inducements to assume that disguise, he flatters himself he shall appear excusable. He resigned... | |
 | William Beckford - 1834 - 414 sivua
...upon the author to explain the grounds on which he composed it. But before he opens those motives, it is fit that he should ask pardon of his readers...disguise, he flatters himself he shall appear excusable. He resigned his performance to the impartial judgment of the public ; determined to let it perish in... | |
 | William Beckford - 1836 - 416 sivua
...upon the author to explain the grounds on which he composed it. But before he opens those motives, it is fit that he should ask pardon of his readers...disguise, he flatters himself he shall appear excusable. He resigned his performance to the impartial judgment of the public ; determined to let it perish in... | |
 | 1911 - 534 sivua
...romance was this acknowledgment in the secoud edition, after the success of the book had been assured : " It is fit that he should ask pardon of his readers...of the attempt were the sole inducements to assume the disguise, he flatters himself that he shall appear excusable " The general feeling of the time... | |
 | George Spencer Bower - 1911 - 568 sivua
...second edition, he apologized in the Preface to that edition " for having offered his work to them in the borrowed personage of a translator. As diffidence of his own abilities, and t he novelty of the attempt, was the solo inducement to assume that disguise-, be flatters himself... | |
 | Heinrich Gutheil - 1928 - 250 sivua
...Auflage <1765) entschuldigt er sich mit folgenden Worten : But . . . it is fit that he <= the author) should ask pardon of his readers for having offered...personage of a translator. As diffidence of his own abilitics and the novelty of the attempt, were his sole inducements to assume that disguise, he flatters... | |
 | Jakob Brauchli - 1928 - 254 sivua
...auf puritanische Leser, sondern um nicht bloßgestellt zu sein, wenn das Buch fehlschlagen sollte. "As diffidence of his own abilities, and the novelty of the attempt, were his sole inducements to assume that disguise", steht im Vorwort zur zweiten Auflage seines Romanes,... | |
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