 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.. - 38. oldalszerző: James Boswell - 1820 - 178 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 556 oldal
...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.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 554 oldal
...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,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 oldal
...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.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 442 oldal
...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 480 oldal
...;" 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1824 - 474 oldal
...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 622 oldal
...;" 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,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 576 oldal
...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,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 346 oldal
...;" 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 348 oldal
...;" 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... | |
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