 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...  The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment - Seite 2071832Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 Seiten
...p. 265. ' Pope's Prologue to Addison's Cato, l. 4. * • . . . Boswell is the first of biographers. He has distanced all his competitors so decidedly...place them. Eclipse is first, and the rest nowhere.' Macaulay's Essays, i. 374. ' See post, Sept. 17, 1777, and Malone's note of March 15, 1781, and Boswell's... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 Seiten
...Bos•well, p. 265. 1 Pope's Prologue to Addison's Cato, 1. 4. * ' . . . Boswell is the first of biographers. He has distanced all his competitors so decidedly...place them. Eclipse is first, and the rest nowhere.' Macaulay's Essays, i. 374. ' See post, Sept. 17. 1777, and Malone's note of March 15, 1781, and Boswell's... | |
 | 1831 - 652 Seiten
...Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, — Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, — Demosthenes is not more decidedly...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 Seiten
...Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, — Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, — Demosthenes is not more decidedly...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,... | |
 | John Eddowes (bookseller.) - 1840 - 536 Seiten
...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 - 1840 - 512 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | 1847 - 560 Seiten
...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...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 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1867 - 696 Seiten
...(Routledge.) Macaulay characterised Bostrell's Johnson " as a great, a very great work"; adding very justly: " Boswell is the first of biographers. He has no second....that it is not worth while to place them. Eclipse is rirst, and the rest nowhere." Of this wonderful book, we have now before us, a wonderfully cheap and... | |
 | 1898 - 712 Seiten
..." Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poete, Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the...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... | |
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