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Review of Sempronia, Monthly Review by Elizabeth Moody

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Elizabeth MoodyArt. 34. Sempronia.
12mo. 3 Vols. 9s. sewed. Lane. 1790.1

If Reviewers are said to be liberal of their censures, let it not also be said that
they are "niggards of their praise:" it is with pleasure that we bestow a tribute
of
our approbation on the fair Sempronia. The style of these letters is, on the whole,
elegant; and though incidents are not sufficiently numerous and various to make the
narrative interesting, the reader may discern, throughout the work, the latent
possibilities of excellence; and may infer, from the writer's style, that she is
capable of painting a good story with all it's
necessary embellishments.—We would recommend it to her, in future, to pay a more
diligent attention to the correctness of her publications, and not to usher them into
the world in so much haste. May she remember that haste does not always promote good speed.

Notes

1.  The Monthly Review, second series, vol. 4, March 1791, p. 343. Benjamin Nangle identifies
Elizabeth Moody as the author of this review from an editor's marked copy of The Monthly Review. See Nangle, The Monthly Review, Second Series, 1790-1815: Indexes of
Contributors and Articles
, Clarendon Press, 1955. This edition of this review article was
prepared by Mary A. Waters with transcription and encoding assistance by
Ismael Escalera. Sempronia is an anonymously published epistolary novel. Back