 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 of saying every thing he has to say in a pleasing...  The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - 24 페이지저자: James Boswell - 1922전체보기 - 도서 정보
 | James Whiteside - 1868 - 498 페이지
...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 of saying every...and will make it as entertaining as a Persian tale." And is not the judgment of the ponderous and learned critic correct ? Ill-natured people said when... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1868 - 486 페이지
..."HISTORY OF ANIMATED NATURE." 257 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." The Natural History to which Johnson alluded was the " History of Animated Nature," which Goldsmith... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1872 - 654 페이지
...work that Johnson threw out the remark which he afterwards interwove in his friend's epit:iph, — He is now writing a Natural History, and will make it as agree:tble as a Persian tale." — iSVr Walter ¿Vo/i. accidente that are nojablo for stage effect.... | |
 | John Forster - 1873 - 806 페이지
...meet with a pas" 'sage which you think is particularly "'fine, strike it out.'" Soswell, in. 280-1. " thing he has to say in a pleasing "manner. He is now...will make "it as entertaining as a , "Persian Tale." For this Natural History **• +1the first agreement dates as early as the close of February in the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 602 페이지
...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 of saying every...entertaining as a Persian Tale." I cannot dismiss the present topick without observing, that it is probable that Dr. Johnson, who owned that he often " talked for... | |
 | ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 페이지
...History, 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 he will make it as entertaining as a Persian tale." Thus nobly and generously would Johnson administer... | |
 | Alexander Main - 1874 - 480 페이지
...History, 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 he will make it as entertaining as a Persian tale." Thus nobly and generously would Johnson administer... | |
 | Alfred Webb - 1878 - 616 페이지
...who although he laughed at, yet loved and understood him, criticized him admirably in the remark : 'He is now writing a natural history, and will make- it as agreeable as a Persian tale.' " Concerning his sisters and brothers, Mr. Forster tells us that his... | |
 | William Black - 1879 - 180 페이지
...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 of saying every thing he has to say in a pleasing manner. ' ' So thought the booksellers too ; and the success of the . Roman History only involved him in fresh... | |
 | 1880 - 556 페이지
...compare him with Vertot, in the same places of the Roman History, yon 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." So thought the booksellers too ; and the success of the Roman History only involved him in fresh projects... | |
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