The Monk — M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis
Topics: класика
Beginning
The Monk: A Romance
by M. G. Lewis, Esq. M.P.
Somnia, terrores magicos, miracula, sagas, Nocturnos lemures, portentaque.
HORAT.
Dreams, magic terrors, spells of mighty power, Witches, and ghosts who rove at midnight hour.
PREFACE
IMITATION OF HORACE Ep. 20.—B. 1.
Methinks, Oh! vain ill-judging Book, I see thee cast a wishful look, Where reputations won and lost are In famous row called Paternoster. Incensed to find your precious olio Buried in unexplored port-folio, You scorn the prudent lock and key, And pant well bound and gilt to see Your Volume in the window set Of Stockdale, Hookham, or Debrett.
Go then, and pass that dangerous bourn Whence never Book can back return: And when you find,…
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