...but for correctwss of cortume, beauty of description, and power of imagination. It far surpass™ ail European imitations ; and bears such marks of originality, that those who have visited Ua bet will find some difficulty in believing it to be more than a translation. As an i tale, even...

...description, BO true to Eastern costume, that Lord Byron said ' Even Rasselas must bow before it : the Happy Valley will not bear a comparison with the Hall of Eblis.' In addition to ' Vathek,1 Beckford wrote a satirical work, entitled 'Memoirs of Extraordinary Painters;'...

...be found in :he BihliotMqxe Orwale; but for correctness of costume, beauty of description, and power of imagination, it far surpasses all European imitations...find some difficulty in believing it to be more than .1 translation. As an Eastern tale.^ even Rasselas must bow before it ; his ' Happy Valley' will not...

...correctness of costume, beauty of description, and power of imagination. "As an eastern tale," he said, " even ' Rasselas' must bow before it; his Happy Valley will not bear a comparispn with the Hall of Eblis." Mr. JE Reade, writing of the book fifiy years afier its publication,...

...been expected, such protracted application brought on a fit of illness. " Vathek," says Lord Byron, " bears such marks of originality, that those who have visited the East will have some difficulty in believing it to be more than a translation." In his own preface, Mr. Beckford...

...been expected, such protracted application brought on a fit of illness. " Vathek," says Lord Byron, " bears such marks of originality, that those who have visited the East will have some difficulty in believing it to be more than a translation." In his own preface, Mr. Beckford...

...rests upon the remarkable Oriental story, entitled " Vathek." " As an Eastern tale," says Lord Byron, " even Rasselas must bow before it. His ' Happy Valley'...will not bear a comparison with the ' Hall of Eblis,' " and it must be acknowledged to display a powerful imagination, capable of forming the most gorgeous...

...rests upon the remarkable Oriental story, entitled " Vathek." " As an Eastern tale," says Lord Byron, " even Rasselas must bow before it. His ' Happy Valley'...not bear a comparison with the ' Hall of Eblis,'" and it must be acknowledged to display a powerful imagination, capable of forming the most gorgeous...

...perfumes burning in censers of gold. Lord Byron says, that " even Rasselas must bow before it, and the Happy Valley will not bear a comparison with the Hall of Eblis." It is pervaded by an awful spirit of mockery and derision, which contrasts strangely with the author's...

...it as ' a work which, for correctness of costume, beauty of description, and power of imagination, far surpasses all European imitations ; and bears...more than a translation. As an Eastern tale, even Basselas must bow before it. His happy valley will not bear comparison with the Hall of Eblis.' How...