A history of criticism and literary taste in Europe, from the earliest texts to the present day. Volume 3 (of 3), Modern criticism

by George Saintsbury

[765]. P. 190.

[766]. P. 195.

[767]. iii. 164.

[768]. iii. 164.

[769]. P. 168.

[770]. P. 174.

[771]. P. 176. All the context here is precious.

[772]. 4 vols., Leipzig, 1848-52. I fear it was not widely bought, for the first edition seems never to have gone out of print.

[773]. Leipzig, 1855.

[774]. One of the unluckiest is on The Second Maiden’s Tragedy (i. 320), where he observes on the lines—