 | James Boswell - 1791 - 554 Seiten
...unreafonable prejudice againft Fielding. In comparing thofe two writers, he ufed this expreffion ; " that there was as great a difference between them...made, and a man who could tell the hour by looking on the dial-plate." This was a fhort and figurative ftate of his diftinction between drawing characters... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1798 - 464 Seiten
...unreafonable prejudice againft Fielding. In comparing thofe two writers, he ufed this expreffion ; " that there was as great a difference between them...made, and a man who could tell the hour by looking on the dialplate." This was a fhort and figurative flat* * Mr. Bofwell fays, he confiders it as a piece... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 238 Seiten
...unreasonable prejudice against Fielding. In comparing those two writers, he used this expression; " that there was as great a difference between them...made, and a man who could tell the hour by looking ,on the dial-plate." This was a short and figurative state of his distinction between drawing characters... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 508 Seiten
...unreasonable prejudice against Fielding. In comparing those two writers, he used this expression ; " that there was as great a difference between them...made, and a man who could tell the hour by looking on the dial-plate." This was a short and figurative state of his distinction between drawing characters... | |
 | 1824 - 758 Seiten
...superficial observer than characters of nature, where a man must dive into the recesses of the human heart.'J Again, in comparing these two distinguished authors,...critic uses this illustration, — ' that there was ai great a difference between them, as between a man who knew how a watch was made, • Smollett's... | |
 | John Selden - 1818 - 678 Seiten
...an unreasonable prejudice against Fielding. In comparing those two writers, he used this expression; "that there was as great a difference between them...made, and a man who could tell the hour by looking on the dial-plate." This was a short and figurative state of his distinction between drawing characters... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 376 Seiten
...unreasonable prejudice against Fielding. In comparing those two writers, he used this expression ; " that there was as great a difference between them...made, and a man who could tell the hour by looking on the dial-plate." This was a short and figurative state of his distinction between drawing characters... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 472 Seiten
...unreasonable prejudice against Fielding. In comparing those two writers, he used this expression ; " that there was as great a difference between them,...made, and a man who could tell the hour by looking on the dial-plate." This was a short and figurative state of his distinction between drawing characters... | |
 | 1824 - 792 Seiten
...observer than characters of nature, where a man must dive into the recesses of the human heart. 'J Again, in comparing these two distinguished authors,...them, as between a man who knew how a watch was made, * Smollett's bad version of Don Quixote is an exception. Motteux's is the translation of Quixote ;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, James Boswell - 1825 - 370 Seiten
...unreasonable prejudice against Fielding. In comparing those two writers, he used this expression ; " that there was as great a difference between them,...made, and a man who could tell the hour by looking on the dial-plate." This was a short and figurative state of his distinction between drawing characters... | |
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In comparing those two writers, he used this expression ; " that there was as great a difference between them as between a man who knew how a watch was made, and a man who could tell the hour by looking on the dial-plate. 
