 | James Boswell - 1791 - 556 Seiten
...will venture to fay, that if you compare him with Vertot, in the fame places of the Roman Hiftory, you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of faying every thing he has to fay in a pleafing manner. He is now writing a Natural Hiftory, and will... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 554 Seiten
...you meet with a pafTage which you think is particularly fine, ftrike it out.' Goldfmith's abridgement is better than that of Lucius Florus or Eutropius; and I will venture to fay, that if you compare him with Vertot, in the fame places of the Roman Hiftory, you will find that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1798 - 464 Seiten
...you meet with a paflage which you think is particularly fine, ftrike it out.' Goldfmith's Abridgement is better than that of Lucius florus or Eutropius ; and I will venture to &y, that if you compare him with Vertot, in the feme places of the Roman Hiftory, you will find that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 238 Seiten
...you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.' Goldsmith's Abridgment is better than that of Lucius Florus, or Eutropius;...Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying every thing he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing a Natural History, and will make... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 526 Seiten
...you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.' Goldsmith's abridgement is better than that of Lucius Florus or Eutropius...Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying every thing he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing a Natural History, and will make... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 508 Seiten
...which you think is particularly fine, 1773. strike it out.' Goldsmith's abridgement is better ^^"g^ than that of Lucius Florus or Eutropius ; and I will...in the same places of the Roman History, you will fihd that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying every thing he has to say... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 Seiten
...Florus or Eutropins ; and I will venture to say, that if you compare hin) with Yertot, in the same place of the Roman History, you will find that he excels...Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying every thing he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing a Natural History, and will make... | |
 | John Selden - 1818 - 678 Seiten
...^assa^e. Vw\sV "javx think is LITERATURE. 217 particularly fine, strike it out.' Goldsmith's Abridgment is better than that of Lucius Florus, or Eutropius;...Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying every thing he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing a Natural History, and will make... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 372 Seiten
...fine, strike it out.' Goldsmith's abridgement is better than that of Lucins Floras, or Eutropins ; and I will venture to say, that if you compare him...Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying every thing he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing a Natural History, and will make... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 384 Seiten
...fine, strike it out.' Goldsmith's abridgement is better than that of Lucins Floras, or Eutropins ; and I will venture to say, that if you compare him...you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the act of compiling, and of saying every thing he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing a... | |
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Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out." Goldsmith's abridgment is better than that of Lucius Florus or Eutropius ; and I will venture to say, that if you compare him with... 
