...and novels almost as incredible. . . . No sooner was a taste for amusing literature diffused, than all orders of country life with one accord forsook...worthy farmer no longer fatigued himself with Bunyan's Pilgrims up the hill of difficulty . . . but quaffed wine with Brydone in the hermitage of Vesuvius,...

...and novels almost as incredible. . . . No sooner was a taste for amusing literature diffused, than all orders of country life with one accord forsook...worthy farmer no longer fatigued himself with Bunyan's Pilgrims up the hill of difficulty . . . but quaffed wine with Brydone in the hermitage of Vesuvius,...

...all orders of country life, with one accord, forsook the sober sermons and Practical Pieties of the fathers, for the gay stories and splendid impieties...of difficulty ' or through the ' slough of despond ' ; but quaffed wine with Brydone in the hermitage of Vesuvius, sported with Bruce on the fairy land...

...diverting part of the farmer's library." But " no sooner was a taste for amusing literature diffused than all orders of country life, with one accord, forsook the sober sermons and Practical Pieties of the fathers, for the gay stories and splendid impieties of the Traveller und the Novelist. The worthy...

...all orders of country life, with one accord, forsook the sober sermons and Practical Pieties of the fathers, for the gay stories and splendid impieties of the Traveller and the Novelist. The worthy fanner no longer fatigued himself with Bunyan's Pilgrim up the ' hill of difficulty ' or through the...

...numbers, can read and write; and, therefore, no sooner was a taste for amusing literature diffused, than all orders of country life, with one accord, forsook...of difficulty," or through the "slough of despond"; but quaffed wine with Brydone in the hermitage of Vesuvius, or sported with Bruce in the fairy-land...

...social libraries had been instituted, composed of books designed to amuse rather than to instruct. . . . All orders of country life, with one accord, forsook...of difficulty' or through the 'slough of despond' but quaffed wine with Brydone in the hermitage of Vesuvius, or sported with Bruce on the fairy land...

...who can read and write; and, therefore, no sooner was a taste for amusing literature diffused than all orders of country life, with one accord, forsook...Pilgrim up the "hill of difficulty" or through *The lurid confessions and pious advice of criminals, especially those executed, were often circulated in...

...begin with Updike Underhill's observation that a new American readership had emerged while he was away: The worthy farmer no longer fatigued himself with...of difficulty" or through the "slough of despond" but quaffed wine with Brydone in the hermitage of Vesuvius, or sported with Bruce in the fairy land...

...remarked in 1797 on the profusion of English reprints, complaining that his compatriots had forsaken "the sober sermons and practical pieties of their...for the gay stories and splendid impieties" of the foreign novelist. The vast majority of fictional narratives published and read in the United States...