...Deserted Village, were it not sometimes too much the echo of his Traveler. Whether, indeed, we take him as a poet, — as a comic writer, — or as an historian, he stands in the first class." Boswell: "An historian! My dear sir, you surely will not rank his compilation...

...Deserted Village, were it not sometimes too much the echo of his Traveller. Whether, indeed, we take him as a poet. — as a comic writer, — or as an historian, he stands in the first class." BOSWELL. "An historian ! My dear Sir, you surely will not rank his compilation...

...be remembered ; he was a very great man." * His death was an irreparable loss to English literature. Whether we consider him as a poet, as a comic writer, or an historian, (so far as regards his powers of composition), he was one of the first writers of his...

...pen in his hand, or more wise when he had. As a writer, he was of the most distinguished ahilities. Whatever he composed, he did it better than any other...as a Poet, as a comic writer, or as an Historian, (eo far as regards his powers of composition;) he was one of the first writers of his time, and will...