 | James Boswell - 1816 - 500 pages
...this novel. " His attention to veracity (says Mr* Piozzi,) was without equal or example ;" and when I mentioned Clarissa as a perfect character, " On the...truth." " Fielding's Amelia was the most pleasing heroiiie of all the romances, (he said,) but that vile broken nose, never cured, ruined the sale of... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 372 pages
...novel. " His attention to veracity," says Mrs. Piozzi, " was_ without equal or example ; and when I mentioned Clarissa as a perfect character, • On...edition was called for before night.'" — Anecdotes, p. 52I. t His great period of study was from the age of twelve to that of eightcen, as he told Mr. Langton,... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 382 pages
...novel. " His attention to veracity," says Mrs. Piozzi, " was^ without equal or example ; and when I mentioned Clarissa as a perfect character, ' On the...but that vile broken nose, never cured, ruined the •ale of perhaps the only book, which being printed off [published] bctimes one morning, a new edition... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 384 pages
...heroine of all the romances,' he said, ' but that vile broken nose, never cured, ruined the •ale of perhaps the only book, which being printed off...called for before night.'" — Anecdotes, p. 221. t His great period of study was from the age of twelve to that of eighteen, as he told Mr. Langton,... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 372 pages
...novel. " His attention * to veracity," says Mrs. Piozzi, " was without equal or example ; and when I mentioned Clarissa as a perfect character, « On the...but that vile broken nose, never cured, ruined the fa]e of perhaps the only book, which being printed off [published] betimes one morning, a new edition... | |
 | Henry Kett - English wit and humor - 1825 - 298 pages
...Mrs. Piozzi said of him, ' that his attention to veracity was without equal or example : and when I mentioned Clarissa as a perfect character, ' On the...something- which she prefers to truth.' Fielding's Amelia, in his opinion, was the most pleasing heroine of all romances. 325. When the le'arned professions were... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1826 - 412 pages
...BOSWELL. "His attention to veracity," says Mrs. Piozzi, " was without equal or example ;" and when I mentioned Clarissa as a perfect character, " On the...morning, a new edition was called for before night." — See Mrs. Piozzi's Anecdotes, p. 221. — ED. 1 Mr. Romney the painter, who has now deservedly established... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1826 - 250 pages
...engaged in with Samuel Johnson. His attention to veracity was without equal or example ; and when I mentioned Clarissa as a perfect character ; " On the...of perhaps the only book, which being printed off betimes one morning, a new edition was called for before night." Mr. JoEnson's knowledge of literary... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 416 pages
...BOSWELL. "His attention to veracity," says Mrs. Piozzi, " was without equal or example ;" and when I mentioned Clarissa as a perfect character, " On the...romances," he said ; " but that vile broken nose, never cuied, ruined the sale of perhaps the only book, which being printed off [published] betimes one morning,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 690 pages
...novel. "His attention to veracity," says Mrs. Pioiii, " was without equal or example ;" and when I mentioned Clarissa as a perfect character, '' On the...never cured, ruined the sale of perhaps the only book, of which, being printed off (puUuhed) betimes one morning, a new edition was called for before night."... | |
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Fielding's Amelia was the most pleasing heroine of all the romances, (he said,) but that vile broken nose never cured, ruined the sale of perhaps the only book, which being printed off [published] betimes one morning, a new edition was called for before... 
