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 of biographers. He has no second. He has distanced all his... Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Página 139por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 744 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Joseph R. McElrath, Jr., Robert C. Leitz, Jesse S. Crisler - 2001 - 644 páginas
...Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakespeare the first of dramatists, Demosthenes the first of orators than Boswell is the first of...place them. Eclipse is first and the rest nowhere." But side by side with this superb panegyric of the book, comes with Macaulay's love of paradox, his... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 2006 - 612 páginas
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| C.J. Wrigley - 2006 - 456 páginas
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| Jeffrey O'Connell, Thomas E. O'Connell - 2008 - 208 páginas
...great— a very great work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets— Shakspeare [sic] is not more decidedly the first of dramatists— Demosthenes...place them. Eclipse is first, and the rest nowhere. If the book stands high, the man (like Laski) stands much lower. Boswell's personal reputation, in... | |
| Helga Schwalm - 2007 - 422 páginas
...spricht von Boswells Werk als "a new species of biography;" zitiert nach Boswell, Life, Vol. 4, p. 391. "Boswell is the first of biographers. He has no second....while to place them. Eclipse is first, and the rest nowhere."308 Diese Einschätzung gilt noch bis ins 20. Jahrhundert: Boswells Life of Johnson wird zum... | |
| S. C. Roberts - 2010 - 150 páginas
...artistic triumph its proper praise: Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakespeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes...place them. Eclipse is first, and the rest nowhere. So far, so good. But when Macaulay begins to contemplate Boswell the Man, what does he find? He finds... | |
| 1867 - 564 páginas
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| Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1847 - 570 páginas
...Macaulay, in reviewing the book, " is assuredly a great, a very great work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakspeare is not more...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... | |
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