 Will you not allow, Sir, that he draws very natural pictures of human life ?" JOHNSON : " Why, Sir, it is of very low life. Richardson used to say, that had he not known who Fielding was, he should have believed he was an ostler.  Johnsoniana.. - Página 38por James Boswell - 1820 - 178 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | John Forster - 1873 - 806 páginas
...and upon Boswell expressing his astonishment at so strange an assertion, he said, "What I mean by his being "a blockhead is, that he was a barren "rascal."...was , he should "have believed he was an ostler." (So. excused for thinking the Vicar a "mere fanciful performance." It would seem that none of the club... | |
 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 páginas
...Boswru. said, 'What I mean by his being a blockhead is, that he was a barren rascal. ' BOSWELL : 'ЛУШ you not allow, sir, that he draws very natural pictures of human life?' JOHNSON: 'AVhy, sir, it is of very low life. Richardson used to say that, had he not known who Fielding was,... | |
 | Alexander Main - 1874 - 482 páginas
...Johnson exclaimed, " He was a blockhead ; " and then added, by way of explanation, " What I mean by his being a blockhead is, that he was a barren rascal."...not known who Fielding was, he should have believed l1e was an ostler. Sir, there is more knowledge of the heart in one letter of Richardson's, than in... | |
 | John Forster - 1877 - 468 páginas
...assortion, he said, " What I mean by his being a blockhead is, that " he was a. barren rascal." Boswr.iL : " Will you not allow, sir, that he draws very "natural...was, he should have " believed he was an ostler." (So much the worse, I would ask leave to say, for Richardson.) " Sir, there is more knowledge of the... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1879 - 582 páginas
...шеап by his being a blockhead is, that he w;is a barren газса! !' BOSWKI.L : 'Will you rii»t allow, sir. that he draws very natural pictures of...life?' JOHNSON : ' Why. sir, it is of very low life.'" — BOSWELL: Life of Juhnion. PARTRIDGE AT THE PLAYHOUSE. As soon as the play, which was Hamlet, Prince... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1879 - 576 páginas
...assertion, he said, ' What I mean by his being a blockhead is, that he was a barren rascal!' BO8WELL: them, rejoiced very much. The cardinal eftsoons desired his highness to take JOHN8ON : 'Why. sir, it is of very low life.' " — BO8WKLL : Life of Johnson. PARTRIDGE AT THE PLAYHOU8E.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 454 páginas
..." 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."...life ? " JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, it is of very low life. Eichardson used to say, that had he not known who Fielding was, he should have believed he was an ostler.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 494 páginas
...What I mean by his being a blockhead is, that he was a barren rascal.1' BOSWKLL. " Will you allow me, Sir, that he draws very natural pictures of human...life?" JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, it is of very low life. Eichardson used to say, that had he not known who Fielding was, he should have believed he was an ostler.... | |
 | Jean Eleanora Mantell Fielding - 1895 - 136 páginas
...assertion, he said, " And what I mean by his being a blockhead is that he is a barren rascal." Boswcll : " Will you not allow, Sir, that he draws very natural...Fielding was, he should have believed he was an ostler." Regarding Fielding's sister Sara, who lived with him on the death of his first wife, and to whom through... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1897 - 530 páginas
...Johnson's Lettersto Mrs.Thrale.' M1ss REYNOLDS. 'The lady was Miss Cotterell.' Letters, i. 43. 3 ' Sir, there is more knowledge of the heart in one letter of Richardson's tfia.n\1\a.\\Tom Jones.' Life,\\.\T &,. See also ante, ii. 190, and Letters, i. 21. 4 At Edinburgh... | |
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