 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 492 Seiten
...work that Johnson threw out the remark which he afterwards interwove in his friend's epitaph, — " He is now writing a Natural History, and will make it as agreeable as a Persian Tale." But the period of his labours was now near. Goldsmith had for some time... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 348 Seiten
...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...entertaining as a Persian tale." I cannot dismiss the present topic without observing, that it is probable that Dr. Johnson, who owned that he often " talked for... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 346 Seiten
...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...and will make it as entertaining as a Persian tale." urged plausible objections to Dr. Robertson's excellent historical works, in the ardour of contest,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 544 Seiten
...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...will make it as entertaining as a Persian Tale.' "I can not dismiss the present topic (continues . . , . . Mr. Boswell) without observing, that Dr. Johnson,... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1837 - 606 Seiten
...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...and will make it as entertaining as a Persian tale." A translation of the Roman History into French, appeared many years ago; and in 1805, a second with... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks, Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1837 - 522 Seiten
...Goldsmith, when he was engaged in his history of Animated Nature, "he has the art of saying every thing he has to say in a pleasing manner — he is now writing...and will make it as entertaining as a Persian tale." Irving, too, not less a master of English prose, touches nothing that he does not adorn, — Nihil... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1837 - 564 Seiten
...you will f nd that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of faying every thing he has to say, in a pleasing manner. He is now writing...and will make it as entertaining as a Persian tale." A translation of the Roman History into French, appeared many years ago; and in 1805, a second with... | |
 | sir James Prior - 1837 - 604 Seiten
...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...and will make it as entertaining as a Persian tale." A translation of the Roman History into French, appeared many years ago; and in 1805, a second with... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1837 - 558 Seiten
...Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of faying every thing he has to say, in a pleasing m inner. He is now writing a Natural History, and will make it as entertaining as a Persian tale." A translation of the Roman History into French, appeared many years ago; and in 1805, a second with... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks, Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1837 - 520 Seiten
...of Animated Nature, " he has the art of saying every thing he has to say in a pleasing manner—he is now writing a Natural History, and will make it as entertaining as a Persian tale." Irving, too, not less a master of English prose, touches nothing that he does not adorn,—Nihil tetigit... | |
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Goldsmith's abridgment is better than that of Lucius Florus or Eutropius; and I will venture to say that if you compare him with Vertot, in the same places of the Roman History, you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and... 
