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(Review /
Walsingham: or, The Pupil of Nature; a Domestic Story, by
Mary Robinson)
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Monthly Magazine and British Register /JAS, 1798 |
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vol 5 p508 |
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Mrs Robinson's 'Walsingham' is, by no means, a happy performance: relying on a deceiving popularity, Mrs R. has, in this instance, paid little or no respect to the judgment of those whose approbation is alone worth seeking; her characters are incongruous, her events, incredible, her digressions tiresome, insipid, and often totally impertinent. Mrs R. has considerable talents, which it is to be lamented are not more judiciously regimented: she can never write well, so long as to fill pages is the principal object: her poetry is highly beautiful and delicate.
[extract from review of multiple works]. Provided by Julie Shaffer, July 1999.
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