 | Washington Irving - 1903 - 336 páginas
...comic writer, or as an historian, he stands in the first class." Boswell. — "An historian! My 30 dear sir, you surely will not rank his compilation...Robertson — Lord Lyttelton." Johnson (his antipathy against the Scotch beginning to rise). — "I have not read Hume; but H5 doubtless Goldsmith's History... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1903 - 446 páginas
...said 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 l — Robertson 2 — Lord 1 See note, p. 120. His History of England was issued between 1754 and 1762.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1903 - 414 páginas
...first class." Boswell. — " An historian ! My dear sir, you surely will not rank his compila- 5 tion of the Roman History with the works of other historians...Robertson — Lord Lyttelton." Johnson (his antipathy against the Scotch beginning to rise). — " I have not read Hume ; but doubtless Goldsmith's History... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1907 - 472 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 his compilation of the llonmu History with the works of other historians of this age." Johnson. — " Why, who are before... | |
 | James Boswell - 1852
...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...are before him ?" BOSWELL : " Hume, Robertson, Lord Lyttleton." JOHNSON (his antipathy to the Scotch beginning to rise) ; " I have not read Hume ; but,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1910 - 602 páginas
...him as a poet,—as a comick 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 Lyttelton." JOHNSON. (His antipathy to the Scotch beginning to rise,) "... | |
 | Frank Frankfort Moore - 1910 - 530 páginas
...poet, as a comic writer, or as an historian, he stands in the first class," said Johnson. Boswell : " An historian ? My dear sir, you surely will not rank..." Johnson : " Why, who are before him ? " Boswell : " Will you not admit the superiority of Robertson, in whose history we find such penetration ; such... | |
 | Frank Frankfort Moore - 1910 - 534 páginas
...poet, as a comic writer, or as an historian, he stands in the first class," said Johnson. Boswell : " An historian ? My dear sir, you surely will not rank...History with the works of other historians of this age f " Johnson : " Why, who are before him ? " Boswell : " Will you not admit the superiority of Robertson,... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 páginas
...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...before him?" BOSWELL: " Hume, — Robertson, — Lord Lyttleton." JOHNSON (his antipathy to the Scotch beginning to rise): "I have not read Hume; but doubtless... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 754 páginas
...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...before him?" BOSWELL: "Hume, — Robertson, — Lord Lyttleton." JOHNSON (his antipathy to the Scotch beginning to rise): "I have not read Hume; but doubtless... | |
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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... 
