 | Washington Irving - 1903 - 336 páginas
...you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying everything he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing a Natural History, and 25 will make it as entertaining as a Persian tale." The Natural History to which Johnson alluded was... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1906 - 314 páginas
...greater depth and scope. Dr. Johnson said, "He has the art of compiling and of saying everything he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing...and will make it as entertaining as a Persian tale." In 1769 the King appointed Goldsmith Professor of Ancient History to the Royal Academy and Johnson... | |
 | James Boswell - 1852
...you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying every thing he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing a Natural History, and he will make it as entertaining as a Persian Tale." I cannot dismiss the present topic without observing,... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 754 páginas
...Robertson or the foppery of Dalrymple. . . . Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying everything he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing...and will make it as entertaining as a Persian Tale." . . . The gentlemen went away to their club, and I was left at Beauclerk's till the fate of my election... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 páginas
...Robertson or the foppery of Dalrymple. . . . Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying everything he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing...and will make it as entertaining as a Persian Tale." . . . The gentlemen went away to their club, and I was left at Beaucierk's till the fate of my election... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 páginas
...Robertson or the foppery of Dalrymple. . . . Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying everything he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing...and will make it as entertaining as a Persian Tale." . . . The gentlemen went away to their club, and I was left at Beauclerk's till the fate of my election... | |
 | James Boswell - 1912 - 106 páginas
...you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying everything he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing...and will make it as entertaining as a Persian Tale." — Vol. Ill, p. 90. 1773 — .St. 64 The gentlemen went away to their club, and I was left at Beauclerk's... | |
 | James Boswell - 1916 - 370 páginas
...doubtless, Goldsmith's History is better than the rerUaye of Robertson, or the foppery of Dalrymple. He is now writing a Natural History, and will make it as entertaining as a Persian Tale." JOHNSON. "I remember once being with Goldsmith in Westminster-abbey. While we surveyed the Poet 's... | |
 | James Hall Pitman - 1924 - 204 páginas
...acumen, knew what to expect. ' Sir,' said he, ' he has the art of compiling, and of saying everything he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing...and will make it as entertaining as a Persian Tale.' s Beyond such scattered references, there is no indication that Goldsmith's friends heard much about... | |
 | James Hall Pitman - 1924 - 212 páginas
...acumen, knew what to expect. ' Sir,' said he, ' he has the art of compiling, and of saying everything he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing...and will make it as entertaining as a Persian Tale.' 8 Beyond such scattered references, there is no indication that Goldsmith's friends heard much about... | |
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Goldsmith's abridgment is better than that of Lucius Florus or Eutropius; and I will venture to say that if you compare him with Vertot, in the same places of the Roman History, you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and... 
