 Homer is not more decidedly 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. He has no second. He has distanced all his...  The Edinburgh Review - 第 482 頁1857完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 頁
...Bos•well, p. 265. 1 Pope's Prologue to Addison's Cato, 1. 4. * ' . . . Boswell is the first of biographers. He has distanced all his competitors so decidedly...place them. Eclipse is first, and the rest nowhere.' Macaulay's Essays, i. 374. ' See post, Sept. 17. 1777, and Malone's note of March 15, 1781, and Boswell's... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 頁
...p. 265. ' Pope's Prologue to Addison's Cato, l. 4. * • . . . Boswell is the first of biographers. He has distanced all his competitors so decidedly...place them. Eclipse is first, and the rest nowhere.' Macaulay's Essays, i. 374. ' See post, Sept. 17, 1777, and Malone's note of March 15, 1781, and Boswell's... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 366 頁
...great, a very great, work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, — Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, — Demosthenes...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,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 512 頁
...assuredly a great, a very great work. Horner is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of orators, than Bos well is the first of biographers. He has no second. He has distanced all his competitors so decidedly,... | |
 | John Eddowes (bookseller.) - 1840 - 536 頁
...HEKOIO POETS, — SUAKSPEARE is NOT MORE DECIDEDLY THE FIRST OF DRAMATISTS, — DEMOSTHENES IS 1>OT MORE DECIDEDLY THE FIRST OF 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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 410 頁
...assuredly a great, a very great work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of voi,. ii.—3 orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. He has no second. He has distanced... | |
 | 1847 - 560 頁
...assuredly a great, a very great work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakspearc is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes...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 頁
...first of heroic poets, Shakspere is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes is riot more decidedly the first of 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... | |
 | 1898 - 712 頁
...Editor's permission, in ' N. it Q.' " Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poete, Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes...biographers. He has no second. He has distanced all his comiKîtitors so decidedly that it is not worth while to place them." But we must remember that when... | |
 | 1867 - 696 頁
...(Routledge.) Macaulay characterised Bostrell's Johnson " as a great, a very great work"; adding very justly: " Boswell is the first of biographers. He has no second....that it is not worth while to place them. Eclipse is rirst, and the rest nowhere." Of this wonderful book, we have now before us, a wonderfully cheap and... | |
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