...Traveller' is a very fine performance; aye, and fo is his ' Deferted Village,' were it not fometimes too much the echo of his ' Traveller.' Whether, indeed, we take him as a poet, — as a comick writer, — or as an hiftorian, he ftands in the firft clafs." BOSWELL. " An hiftorian ! My...

...fubject in his ftudy, and can write well upon it ; but when he comes into company, grows confufed, and unable to talk. Take him as a poet, his ' Traveller' is a very fine performance ; aye, and fo is his ' Deferted Village,' were it not fometimes too much the echo of his ' Traveller.'...

...Traveller' is a very fine performance; aye, and fo is his ' Deferted Village,' were it not fometimes too much the echo of his ' Traveller.' Whether, indeed, we take him as a poet,—as a comick writer,—or as an hiftorian, he flands in the firft clafs." BOSWELL. " An hiftorian...

...in his ihidy, and can write well upon it ; but when he . comes into company, he grows confufed, and unable to talk. Take him as a poet, his 'Traveller' is a very fine performance ; aye, and fo is his ' Deferted Village,' were it not tbmetimes too much the echo of his 'Traveller.'...

...following concise manner: 'Take him [Goldsmith] as a poet, his 'Traveller' is a very fine performance; and so is his ' Deserted Village,' were it not sometimes too much the echo of his ' Traveller.' Whether we take him as a poet, as a comic writer, or as an historian, he stands in the first class.' " We have...

...subject in his study, and can write well upon it ; but when he comes into company, grows confused, and unable to talk. Take him as a poet, his ' Traveller'...Traveller.' Whether, indeed, we take him as a poet, — as a comick writer, — or as an historian, he stands in the first class." BoSWELL. " An historian ! My...

...subject in his study, and can Write well upon it; but when he comes into company, grows confused, and unable to talk. Take him as a poet, his ' Traveller'...Traveller.' Whether, indeed, we take him as a poet,— us a comick writer, — or as an historian, he stands in the first class." BOSWBLL. " An histotOL....

...confused, and unable to talk. Take him as a poetj his ' Traveller* is a very fine performance ; aye, and so is his ' Deserted Village,' were it not sometimes too much the echo of his 1 Traveller.' Whether, indeed, we take him as a poet,—".as a comiok writer,—or as an historian,...

...following concise manner: ' Take him [Goldsmith] as a Poet, his * Traveller' is a very fine performance; and so is his ' Deserted Village," were it not sometimes too much the echo of his ' Traveller.*Whether we take him as a poet, as a comick writer, or as an historian, he stands in the...

...abilities. " Whatever he composed, he did it better than any " other man could. And whether we consider him " as a Poet, as a Comic Writer, or as an Historian, ". (so far as regards his powers of composition,) he « was one of the first writers of his time, and...