 | 1831 - 652 páginas
...great — a very great work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, — Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, —...orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers, lie has no second. He has distanced all his competitors so decidedly, that it is not worth while to... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 366 páginas
...a great, a very great, work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, — Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, —...orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. He has distanced all his competitors so decidedly, that it is not worth while to place them: Eclipse is first,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 512 páginas
...assuredly a great, a very great work. Horner is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of orators, than Bos well is the first of biographers. He has no second. He has distanced all his competitors so decidedly,... | |
 | John Eddowes (bookseller.) - 1840 - 536 páginas
...HEKOIO POETS, — SUAKSPEARE is NOT MORE DECIDEDLY THE FIRST OF DRAMATISTS, — DEMOSTHENES IS 1>OT MORE DECIDEDLY THE FIRST OF ORATORS, THAN BOSWELL is THE FIRST OF BIOGRAPHERS. He has distanced all his competitors so decidedly, that it is not worth while to place them : Eclipse is first... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 410 páginas
...assuredly a great, a very great work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of voi,. ii.—3 orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. He has no second. He has distanced... | |
 | 1847 - 560 páginas
...assuredly a great, a very great work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakspearc is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes...orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. He has distanced all his competitors," &c. Such, too, is the general opinion, maintained from its origin in... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 616 páginas
...first of heroic poets, Shakspere is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes is riot more decidedly the first of orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. * * * * Many of the greatest men that ever lived have written biography. Boswell was one of the smallest... | |
 | 1898 - 712 páginas
...Editor's permission, in ' N. it Q.' " Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poete, Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes...biographers. He has no second. He has distanced all his comiKîtitors so decidedly that it is not worth while to place them." But we must remember that when... | |
 | James Roche - 1851 - 624 páginas
...assuredly a great, a very great work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakspere is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes...orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. He has distanced all his competitors," &c. Such, too, is the general opinion, maintained from its origin in... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 396 páginas
...assuredly a great, a very great work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic 2 poets, Shikspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of 3 orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. He has 4 no second. He has distanced all his competitors... | |
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The Life of Johnson is assuredly a great, a very great work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of orators, than Boswell is the first... 
