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Art. 19. Tales of the Imagination. By the Author of 'The Bachelor and Married Man,' 'The Physiognomist,' &c. 12mo. 3 Vols. 18s. Boards. Longman and Co. 1820.
On former occasions, we have had the pleasure of commending this writer's productions, but the present tales deserve little praise. They contain an unnatural and unpleasing mixture of religious disquisition with extravagant romance; the language is strained and inflated; and among the French expressions, which are frequently introduced, few, except the quotations, are correct. For example: Vol. i. p. 39., 'she never approfonds to the principle:' p. 79., 'smiling at his persisting opinionâtre.' Vol. iii. p. 241., 'the ladies are perfectly distrait by the intelligence,' &c.
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