...pictures of human life ? " JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, it is of very low life. Richardson used to say, that had he not known who Fielding was, he should have...Tom Jones.' I, indeed, never read ' Joseph Andrews.' " 2 ERSKINE. " Surely, Sir, Richardson is very tedious." JOHNSON. "Why, Sir, if you were to read Richardson...

...immortal "Faust,"and, not to multiply examples, Johnson could see no genius in Fielding. " Sir," he said, "there is more knowledge of the heart in one letter of Richardson's than in all' Tom Jones.'" It is certain, then, that one should not be guided by individual opinions in his choice of reading....

...pictures of human life?' JOHNSON. ' Why, Sir, it is of very low life. Richardson used to say, that had he not known who Fielding was, he should have...all Tom Jones'. I, indeed, never read Joseph Andrews 3. ERSKINE. ' Surely, Sir, Richardson ' Richardson wrote of Fielding (Corres, vi. 154): — 'Poor Fielding!...

...pictures of human life?' JOHNSON. ' Why, Sir, it is of very low life. Richardson used to say, that had he not known who Fielding was, he should have...than in all Tom Jones'. I, indeed, never read Joseph Andreu>s 3. ERSKINE. ' Surely, Sir, Richardson ' Richardson wrote of Fielding (Corres, vi. 154): —...

...pictures of human life ? " JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, it is of very low life. Richardson used to say, that had he not known who Fielding was, he should have...Sir, if you were to read Richardson for the story, y«ur impatience would be so much fretted that you would hang yourself. But you must read him for the...

...pictures of human life?" JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, it is of very low life. Eichardson used to say, that had he not known who Fielding was, he should have believed he was an ostler. Sir, there is more knowledgo of the heart in one letter of Richardson's, than in all 'Tom Jones.' ' I, indeed, never read...

...natural pictures of human life?" JOHNSON: "Why, Sir, it is of very low life. Richardson used to say that, had he not known who Fielding was, he should have...letter of Richardson's, than in all ' Tom Jones.' f I» indeed, never read 'Joseph Andrews."' EKSKINE: " Surely, Sir, Richardson is very tedious." JOHNSON...

...died, he married her maid, with whom he appears to have been happy. t Dr. Johnson's dictum as to " more knowledge of the heart in one letter of Richardson's than in all Tom Jones" is surely one of the most infelicitous of his criticisms and may be confidently left to the refutation...

...natural pictures of human life?" Johnson: "Why, Sir, it is of very low life. Richardson used to say that, had he not known who Fielding was, he should have believed he was an ostler." Regarding Fielding's sister Sara, who lived with him on the death of his first wife, and to whom through...

...Clarissa, and Johnson pronouncing Fielding to be " a blockhead " and " a barren rascal," and saying " there is more knowledge of the heart in one letter of Richardson's than in all Tom Jones," — Erskine objected: " Surely, sir, Richardson is very tedious." He received only this answer, which,...