 Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakespeare 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...  The Dublin review - Page 2031847Full view - About this book
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...yet appeared." Letters of 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 that it is not worth while to place them. Eclipse is first, and the rest nowhere.' Macaulay's... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...yet appeared.' Letters of Bos•avell, 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 that it is not worth while to place them. Eclipse is first, and the rest nowhere.' Macaulay's... | |
 | English literature - 1857 - 610 pages
...great work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakspeare is VOL. CV. NO. CCXIV. II not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes...orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. He has no second. He has distanced all his competitors so decidedly that it is not worth while to place them.... | |
 | 1831 - 652 pages
...great — a very great work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, — Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, —...orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers, lie has no second. He has distanced all his competitors so decidedly, that it is not worth while to... | |
 | English periodicals - 1832 - 424 pages
...Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, — Shakspeare- is not more decidedly the tirst of dramatists,— Demosthenes is not more decidedly...orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. He has no second. He has distanced all his competitors so decidedly, that it is not worth while to place them.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 366 pages
...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, —...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. We... | |
 | John Eddowes (bookseller.) - 1840 - 536 pages
...HEKOIO POETS, — SUAKSPEARE is NOT MORE DECIDEDLY THE FIRST OF DRAMATISTS, — DEMOSTHENES IS 1>OT MORE DECIDEDLY THE FIRST OF ORATORS, THAN BOSWELL...BIOGRAPHERS. He has distanced all his competitors so decidedly, that it is not worth while to place them : Eclipse is first nnd all the rest nowhere.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1840 - 512 pages
...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,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 410 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...assuredly a great, a very great work. Homer is not more decided' ly 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 no second. He has distanced all his competitors so decidedly, that it is not worth while to place them.... | |
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