 | Sir James Prior - 1837 - 600 páginas
...as a poet, — as a comic writer, — or as an historian, he stands in the first class." Boswell. " An historian ! my dear Sir, you surely will not rank...before him?" Boswell. " Hume, — Robertson, — Lord Lyttleton." Johnson (his antipathy against the Scotch beginning to rise.) " I have not read Hume ;... | |
 | sir James Prior - 1837 - 604 páginas
...him as a poet,—as a comic writer, — or as an historian, he stands in the first class." Boswell. " An historian! my dear Sir, you surely will not rank...Johnson. " Why, who are before him ?" Boswell. " Hume, — Robertson,—Lord Lyttleton." Johnson (his antipathy against the Scotch beginning to rise). " I... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1837 - 604 páginas
...him as a poet,—as a comic writer, —or as an historian, he stands in the first class." Boswell. " An historian ! my dear Sir, you surely will not rank...age." Johnson. " Why, who are before him ?" Boswell. " Hume,—Robertson,—Lord Lyttleton." Johnson (his antipathy against the Scotch beginning to rise.)... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 550 páginas
...historian, he stands in the first class.' Boswell, ' A historian! my dear sir, you will not surely nd beds as any in the whole country. Marlon. Well, if he «uppliee us with these, we agel" Jolinson, ' Why, who is before him?' Boswell, ' Hume, Robertson, Lord Lytucton,' Johnson (his... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 548 páginas
...historian, he elands in the first class.' Boswell, ' A historian! my dear sir, you will not surely rank his compilation of the Roman History with the...other historians of this age?" Johnson, 'Why, who is before him?' Boswcll, 'Hume, Robertson, Lord Lyttlcton,' Johnson (lus antipathy to the Scotch beginning... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 páginas
...historian, he stands in the first class.' Boswell, ' A historian! my dear sir, you will not surely rank his compilation of the Roman History with the...other historians of this age?" Johnson, ' Why, who is before him? Boswell, ' Hume, Robertson, Lord Lyttleton,' Johnson (his antipathy to the Scotch beginning... | |
 | 1852 - 788 páginas
...take Goldsmith as a poet, a comic writer, or an historian, he stands in the first class." Boswell : " An historian, my dear sir ; you surely will not rank...Roman history with the works of other historians of the age." Johnson : " Why, who are before him 1" Boswell : " Hume, Robertson, Lord Littleton." Johnson... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 558 páginas
...Historians of this age?" Johnson, ' Why, who is before him?' Boswell, ' Hume, Robertson, Lord Lyttleton,> heerfulness to us all. verhiage of Robertson, or the foppery of Dalrymple.' Boswell, 'Will you not admit the superiority of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 416 páginas
...he, " as a poet, as a comic writer, or as an historian, he stands in the first class." Boswell.—" An historian ! My dear sir, you surely will not rank...Johnson.—" Why, who are before him ?" Boswell.—" Hume—Robertson—Lord Lyttleton." Johnson (his antipathy against the Scotch beginning to rise).—"... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 1154 páginas
...writer, or as an historian, he stands in the first class." Boswell. — "An historian! My dear sir, yon surely will not rank his compilation of the Roman..." Why, who are before him ? " Boswell. — " Hume — Kobertson — Lord Lyttelton." Johnson (his antipathy against the Scotch beginning to rise). —... | |
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Whether indeed we take him as a poet, — as a comic writer, — or as an historian, he stands in the first class." Boswell. " An historian ! my dear Sir, you surely will not rank his compilation of the Roman History, with the works of other historians... 
