 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...  The Psychology of Mentally Deficient Children - Página 34por Naomi Norsworthy - 1908 - 111 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1857 - 610 páginas
...anywhere appear that he is disposed to soften the severe sentence passed in that celebrated criticism. ' The Life of Johnson is assuredly a great, a very great...Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakspeare is VOL. CV. NO. CCXIV. II not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes is not... | |
 | 1832 - 428 páginas
...guide us— till we share thy joy, And are restored to thee. REMARKS ON THE BIOGRAPHER OF DR. JOHNSON. THE Life of Johnson is assuredly a great— a very...Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, — Shakspeare is not more decidedly the lirst of dramatists, — Demosthenes is not more decidedly... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 366 páginas
...new work." — No. Ixvi. 1820. " The ' Life of Johnson ' is one of the best books in the world. It 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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 512 páginas
...this display of character gives a delightful interest to many passages which have no other interest. The life of Johnson is assuredly a great, a very great work. Horner is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 páginas
...this display of character gives a delightful interest to many passages which have no other interest. tuation which Pitt occupies at the close of the reign of George decided' ly the first of heroic poets, Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes... | |
 | 1847 - 560 páginas
...Life of Johnson," emphatically declares no incompetent judge, Mr. Macaulay, in reviewing the book, " is 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 is not more decidedly the first... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 396 páginas
...services rendered to the state. Macaitlay. SEC. CXXVI. " THE LIFE OF JOHNSON" AND ITS AUTHOR, BOSWELL. 1 The life of Johnson is 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... | |
 | James Roche - 1851 - 624 páginas
...Life of Johnson," emphatically declares no inadequate judge, Mr. Macaulay, in reviewing the book, " is 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 is not more decidedly the first... | |
 | 1852 - 780 páginas
...this display of character gives a delightful interest to many passages which have no other interest. ion, celebrated by the Oxonians in many very middling...verses. On this occasion Pitt published some Latin Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1854 - 430 páginas
...distinctions, that, when he had been to court, he drove to the oifice where his book was being printed withThe Life of Johnson is assuredly a great, a very great...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... | |
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