 Florus or Eutropius; and I will venture to say, that if you compare him with Vertot, in the same places of the Roman History, you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying every thing he has to say in a pleasing...  The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 26by James Boswell - 1922Full view - About this book
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English literature - 1880 - 182 pages
...and, wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out !" . . . Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying every thing he h«s to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing a Natural History, and will make it as entertaining... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1881 - 952 pages
...compare him with Vertot in the eame places of the Roman History, you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying every...and will make it as entertaining as a Persian tale." The Natural History to which Johnson alluded was the " History of Animated Nature," which Goldsmith... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 972 pages
...compare him with Vertot in the same places of the Roman History, you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying every...and will make it as entertaining as a Persian tale." The Natural History to which Johnson alluded was the " History of Animated Nature," which Goldsmith... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 319 pages
...compare him with Vertot, in the same places of the Roman History, you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying every...and will make it as entertaining as a Persian Tale." Boswell adds: "I cannot dismiss the present topic without observing that it is probable that Dr. Johnson,... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1884 - 634 pages
...History, you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying everything he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing...and will make it as entertaining as a Persian tale." 1 Rend Aubert, Sieur de Vertot, born of an ancient Norman family, Nov. 25, 1655, died at Paris, June... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1885 - 492 pages
...compare him with Vertot, in the same places of the Roman History, you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying every...pleasing manner. He is now writing a Natural History, and he will make it as entertaining as a Persian Tale." I cannot dismiss the present topick without ' observing,... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1882 - 1134 pages
...particularly fine, strike it out! "... Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying everything he bus rin, etc.; a French boy singing love-songs in that glorious gallery, whilst about us entertaining as a Persian talc.1 As a novelist, he wrote the- first pure example of simple domestic... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1886 - 606 pages
...History, you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying everything he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing a Natural History, and win make it as entertaining as a Persian tale." The Natural History to which Johnson alluded was the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1886
...Introductions, Dr. Johnson, partly, founded his prediction with regard to the ' Animated Nature ': — " He is now writing a Natural History, and will make it as interesting as a Persian tale " (Boswell, Standard Lib. edit. 1884, vol. ii., p. 223). Afterwards,... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1887 - 522 pages
...compare him with Vertot3, in the same places of the Roman History, you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying every thing he has to say in a pleasing manner 4. He is now writing a Natural History and will make it as entertaining as a Persian Tale.' Fifth :... | |
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