1823. G. Darley, in Lond. Mag., Dec., 647/2. The os magna sonans … is the first great qualification for a tragedist, and this qualification the Author of the Bride’s Tragedy most undeniably possesses.
1867. Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), 15 April, 1/6. Ristori is a sublimaciously stupendicular tragedist.
1884. Liverpool Mercury, 29 Oct., 7/6. These birth-marks of the tragedist … are unmistakably visible in the these two short and in many ways imperfect poems.
