 On the whole, Miss Austin's works may safely be recommended, not only as among the most unexceptionable of their class, but as combining, in an eminent degree, instruction with amusement, though without the direct effort at the former, of which we have...  Sense and Sensibility - Page 11by Jane Austen - 1913 - 347 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1821 - 598 pages
...forming the character. On the whole, Miss Austin's works may safely be recommended, not only as among the most unexceptionable of their class, but as combining,...its object. For those who cannot, or will not, learn any thing from productions tions of this kind, she has provided entertainment which entities her to... | |
 | English literature - 1821 - 602 pages
...forming the character. On the whole, Miss Austin's works may safely be recommended, not only as among the most unexceptionable of their class, but as combining,...its object. For those who cannot, or will not, learn any thing from productions tions of this kind, she has provided entertainment which entitles her to... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1821 - 602 pages
...forming the character. On the whole, Miss Austin's works may safely be recom* mended, not only as among the most unexceptionable of their class, but as combining,...its object. For those who cannot, or will not, learn any thing from productions tions of this kind, she has provided entertainment which entitles her to... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - English literature - 1834 - 390 pages
...whole," savs * the Quarterly Kcvicir, " Miss Austen's works may safely be recommended, not only as among the most unexceptionable of their class, but as combining, in an eminent degree, instruction and amusement." Her works are 'Sense and Sensibility,' 'Pride and Prejudice,' 'Mansfield Park, ' •*... | |
 | Walter Scott - Novelists, English - 1835 - 452 pages
...forming the character. On the whole, Miss Austen's works may safely be recommended, not only as among the most unexceptionable of their class, but as combining,...its object. For those who cannot, or will not, learn any thing from productions of this kind, she has provided entertainment which entitles her to thanks;... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1835 - 420 pages
...forming the character. On the whole, Miss Austen's works may safely be recommended, not only as among the most unexceptionable of their class, but as combining,...its object. For those who cannot, or will not, learn any thing from productions of this kind, she has provided entertainment which entitles her to thanks;... | |
 | Walter Scott - Demonology - 1838 - 1198 pages
...bo recommended, not only as among the most unexceptionable of their class, but as combining, in sm eminent degree, instruction with amusement, though...its object. For those who cannot, or will not, learn any thing from productions of this kind, she has provided entertainment which intitles her to thanks;... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1841 - 464 pages
...forming the character. On the whole, Miss Austen's works may safely be recommended, not only as among the most unexceptionable of their class, but as combining,...provided entertainment which entitles her to thanks; for mere innocent amusement is in itself a good, when it interferes with no greater: especially as... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 420 pages
...forming the character. On the whole, Miss Austen's works may safely be recommended, not only as among the most unexceptionable of their class, but as combining,...its object. For those who cannot, or will not, learn any thing from productions of this kind, she has provided entertainment which entitles her to thanks... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - American literature - 1858 - 1022 pages
...recommended, not only as among tbe mo£t unexceptionable of their class, but as combining, in an «minent degree, instruction with amusement, though without...effort at the former, of which we have complained as eometiuiv« defiratiog ils object, for those wbo cannot or will not learn »ay iniog from productions... | |
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