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1、IVANHOEAROMANCEBySirWalterScottNowfittedthehalter,nowtraversedthecart,Andoftentookleave,—butseemedloathtodepart!1—Prior.PreparedandPublishedby:EbdE-BooksDirectory.comINTRODUCTIONTOIVANHOE.TheAuthoroftheWaverleyNovelshadhithertoproceededinanunabatedcourseofpopularit
2、y,andmight,inhispeculiardistrictofliterature,havebeentermed"L'EnfantGate"ofsuccess.Itwasplain,however,thatfrequentpublicationmustfinallywearoutthepublicfavour,unlesssomemodecouldbedevisedtogiveanappearanceofnoveltytosubsequentproductions.Scottishmanners,Scottishdia
3、lect,andScottishcharactersofnote,beingthosewithwhichtheauthorwasmostintimately,andfamiliarlyacquainted,werethegroundworkuponwhichhehadhithertoreliedforgivingeffecttohisnarrative.Itwas,however,obvious,thatthiskindofinterestmustintheendoccasionadegreeofsamenessandrep
4、etition,ifexclusivelyresortedto,andthatthereaderwaslikelyatlengthtoadoptthelanguageofEdwin,inParnell'sTale:"'Reversethespell,'hecries,'Andletitfairlynowsuffice.Thegambolhasbeenshown.'"Nothingcanbemoredangerousforthefameofaprofessorofthefinearts,thantopermit(ifhecan
5、possiblypreventit)thecharacterofamanneristtobeattachedtohim,orthatheshouldbesupposedcapableofsuccessonlyinaparticularandlimitedstyle.Thepublicare,ingeneral,veryreadytoadopttheopinion,thathewhohaspleasedtheminonepeculiarmodeofcomposition,is,bymeansofthatverytalent,r
6、enderedincapableofventuringuponothersubjects.Theeffectofthisdisinclination,onthepartofthepublic,towardstheartificersoftheirpleasures,whentheyattempttoenlargetheirmeansofamusing,maybeseeninthecensuresusuallypassedbyvulgarcriticismuponactorsorartistswhoventuretochang
7、ethecharacteroftheirefforts,that,insodoing,theymayenlargethescaleoftheirart.Thereissomejusticeinthisopinion,astherealwaysisinsuchasattaingeneralcurrency.Itmayoftenhappenonthestage,thatanactor,bypossessinginapreeminentdegreetheexternalqualitiesnecessarytogiveeffectt
8、ocomedy,maybedeprivedoftherighttoaspiretotragicexcellence;andinpaintingorliterarycomposition,anartistorpoetmaybemasterexclusivelyofmodesofthought
