 | 1852 - 780 páginas
...character gives a delightful interest to many passages which have no other interest. The life of Johnson he Oxonians in many very middling copies of 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 - 1852 - 764 páginas
...assuredly a great, a very sreat work. Homer is not more decidnd¡y the first of heroic poets, Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of oraturs, than Boswell is the first nf biographers. He has no second. He has distanced all his competitors... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 páginas
...JOHNSON'S DINNER TALE. ,, BOSWELL. [Mn. MACAULAY, in his Review of ' Boswcll's Life of Johnson,' says, " Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets,...orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. • • ' » Many of the greatest men that ever lived have written biography. Boswell was one of the... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1856 - 330 páginas
...engraved from authentic sources. " Hoiner is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes...orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. Many of the greatest men that have ever lived have written biography. lioswell was one of the smallest... | |
 | Alexandre Dumas - 1856 - 494 páginas
...engraved from authentic sources. " Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shak«peare Is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes...orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. Many of the greatest men that have ever lived have written biography. Boswell was one of the smallest... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1856 - 334 páginas
...engraved from authentic sources. " Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poet9, Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes...orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. Many of the greatest men that have ever lived have written biography. Boswell was one of the smallest... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1856 - 288 páginas
...M Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets. Shakspeare is not more decidedly the flrst of dramatists, Demosthenes Is not more decidedly the...orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. Many of the greatest men that have ever lived have written biography. Boswell was one of the smallest... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1856 - 470 páginas
...sources. *• Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakspeare is not more ecidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of rators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. Many of the greatest men that ave ever lived have... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1856 - 248 páginas
...sources. " Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shak=peare is not more leculedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of irators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. Many of the greatest men that lave ever lived have... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1857 - 200 páginas
...engraved from authentic sources. " Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes...orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. Many of the greatest men that have ever lived have written biography. Boswell was one of the smallest... | |
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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... 
