 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 competitors so decidedly that it is not...  Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays - Sivu 383tekijä(t) Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 sivua
...p. 265. »' Pope's Prologue to Addison's Cato, \. 4. '' . . . 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, and the rest nowhere.' Macaulay's Essays, i. 374. ' See post, Sept. 17, 1777, and Malone's... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 sivua
...Bos•a.itll. p. 265. 1 Pope's Prologue to Addison's Cato, l. 4. * '. .. 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, and the rest nowhere.' Macaulay's Essays, i. 374. ' See post, Sept. 17, 1777, and Malone's... | |
 | 1832 - 424 sivua
...decidedly the tirst of dramatists,—Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of orators, than Bos well is the first of biographers. He has no second. He...that it is not worth while to place them. Eclipse is first, and the rest nowhere. We are not sure that there is in the whole history of the human intellect... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 366 sivua
...in the world. It is assuredly a great, a very great, work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, — Shakspeare 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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 592 sivua
...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." " A book," observes Mr. Croker, " to which the world refers as a manual of amusement, a repository... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 516 sivua
...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...that it is not worth while to place them. Eclipse is first, and the rest nowhere. We are not sure that there is in the whole history of the human intellect... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 520 sivua
...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...that it is not worth while to place them. Eclipse is first, and the rest nowhere. We are not sure that there is in the whole history of the human intellect... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 410 sivua
...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...dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of voi,. ii.—3 26 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS. orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers.... | |
 | 1847 - 560 sivua
...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 decidedly...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 sivua
...Boswell's Life of Johnson,' says, " Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakspere is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes...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... | |
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