 | James Boswell - 1887 - 512 페이지
...very low life. Richardson used to say, that had he not known who Fielding was, he should have believed he was an ostler '. Sir, there is more knowledge of...all Tom Jones'. I, indeed, never read Joseph Andrews 3. ERSKINE. ' Surely, Sir, Richardson ' Richardson wrote of Fielding (Corres, vi. 154): — 'Poor Fielding!... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 522 페이지
...very low life. Richardson used to say, that had he not known who Fielding was, he should have believed he was an ostler '. Sir, there is more knowledge of...than in all Tom Jones'. I, indeed, never read Joseph Andreu>s 3. ERSKINE. ' Surely, Sir, Richardson ' Richardson wrote of Fielding (Corres, vi. 154): —... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 504 페이지
...very low life. Richardson used to say, that had he not known who Fielding was, he should have believed he was an ostler. Sir, there is more knowledge of...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 494 페이지
...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...if you were to read Richardson for the story, your patience would be so much fretted that you would hang yourself. But you must read him for the sentiment,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 454 페이지
...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 knowledge of...read ' Joseph Andrews.' " ERSKINE. " Surely, Sir, Eichardson is very tedious." JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, if you were to read Eichardson for the story, ycur... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 페이지
...very low life. Richardson used to say that, had he not known who Fielding was, he should have believed he was an ostler. Sir, there is more knowledge of...letter of Richardson's, than in all ' Tom Jones.' f I» indeed, never read 'Joseph Andrews."' EKSKINE: " Surely, Sir, Richardson is very tedious." JOHNSON... | |
 | P. F. Rowland - 1894 - 42 페이지
...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... | |
 | Henry Hardwicke - 1896 - 474 페이지
...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,... | |
 | Henry Hardwicke - 1896 - 546 페이지
...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,... | |
 | George Walter Thornbury - 1873 - 610 페이지
...Tributaries.] JOHNSON AND HOGARTH. tell the hour on the dial-plate." He called Fielding a " barren rascal." " Sir, there is more knowledge of the heart in one letter of Richardson's than in all 'Tom Jones.'" Some one present here mildly suggested that Richardson was very tedious. "Why, sir," replied Johnson,... | |
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Why, Sir, if you were to read Richardson for the story, your impatience would be so much fretted that you would hang yourself. But you must read him for the sentiment, and consider the story as only giving occasion to the sentiment. 
