...ftrange an affertion, he faid, " What I mean by his being a blockhead is, that he was a barren rafcal." BOSWELL. " Will you not allow, Sir, that he draws...life ?" JoHNSON. " Why, Sir, it is of very low life. Richardfon ufed to fay, that had he not known who Fielding was, he fhould have believed he was an oftler....

...Richardfon ufed to fay, that had he not known who Fielding was, he fhould have believed he was an oftler. Sir, there is more knowledge of the heart in one letter of Richardfon's, than in all 'Tom Jones.' I, indeed, never read 'Jofeph Andrews." ERSKINE. " Surely, Sir,...

...blockhead is, that he was a barren rsscal." BOSWELL. " Will you not allow, Sir, that he draws very naturel pictures of human life ?" JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, it is of very low life. Richardsou used to say, that had he not known who Fielding was, t It must not be presumed that Dr....

...astonishment at so strange an assertion, he said, " What I mean by his being a blockhead is, thut he wus a barren rascal." BOSWELL. " Will you not allow, Sir,...pictures of human life ?" JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, it is of stry low life. Richardson nsed to say, thut had he not known who Fielding was, J It mnst not be presumed...

...;" and upon my expressing my astonishment at so strange an assertion, he said, " What I mean by his being a blockhead is, that he was a barren rascal."...that he draws very natural pictures of human life?" JOHN8ON. " Why, Sir, it is of very low life. Richardson used to say, that had he not known who Fielding...

...blockhead;" and upon my expressing my astonishment at so strange an assertion, he said, " What I mean by his being a blockhead is, that he was a barren rascal."...Fielding was, he should have believed he was an ostler. Sir,-there is more knowledge of the heart in one letter of Richardson's, than in all ' Tom Jones.'p...

...;" and upon my expressing my astonishment at so strange an assertion, he said, " What I mean by his days before his death. As I had the honour and happiness...twenty years ; as I had the scheme of writing bis " VVny, Sir, it is of very low life. Kichardson used to say, that had he not known who Fielding was,...

...strange an assertion, he said, " What I mean by his being a blockhead is, that he was a barren rascul." BOSWELL : "Will you not allow, Sir, that he draws very natural pictures of human life ?" JOHNSON : " Wny, Sir, it is of very low life. Itichardson used to say, that had he not known who Fielding was,...

...;" and upon my expressing my astonishment at so strange an assertion, he said, " What I mean by his being a blockhead is, that he was a barren rascal."...not known who Fielding was, he should have believed (1) Born in 1748; entered the navy as a midshipman in 1764, and the army as an ensign in the Royals...

...;" and upon my expressing my astonishment at so strange an assertion, he said, " What I mean by his being a blockhead is, that he was a barren rascal."...not known who Fielding was, he should have believed (1) Born in 1748; entered the navy as a midshipman in 1764, and the army as an ensign in the Royals...