...conversation with Boswell, to the great astonishment of the latter. " Whether we take Goldsmith," said he, " as a poet, as a comic writer, or as an historian,...class." Boswell. — " An historian ! My dear sir, yot surely will not rank his compilation of the Roman History with the works of other historians of...

...with Boswell, to the great astonishment of the latter. " Whether we take Goldsmith," said he, •• as a poet, as a comic writer, or as an historian,...class." Boswell. — " An historian ! My dear sir, you surely will not rank his compilation of the Roman History with the works of other historians of this...

...(See " Brief Narrative of Facts," 1875, by George Miiller). ART. Ill—OLIVER GOLDSMITH.' " YITHETHER, indeed, we take him as a poet, as a comic \ } writer,...or as an historian, he stands in the first class." Such was Johnson's verdict on the power and versatility of Oliver Goldsmith, whose genius he had been...

...abilities. Whatever he composed, he did it better that any other man could ; and whether we consider him as a poet, as a comic writer, or as an historian, he was one of the first writers of his time, and will ever stand in the foremost clase." These great spirits...

...subject in his study, and can write well upon it; but when he comes into company, grows confused, and unable to talk. Take him as a poet, his ' Traveller'...his ' Traveller.' Whether, indeed, we take him as a poet,—as a comic writer,—or as an historian, he stands in the first class." BOSWELL. " An historian...

...place in Westminster Abbey ; and every year he lived he would have deserved it better." Or again, " Take him as a poet, his ' Traveller ' is a very fine...Deserted Village,' were it not sometimes too much an echo of his 'Traveller.' Whether, indeed, we take him as poet, as a comic writer, or as an historian,...

...the republic of letters, we shall close our memoir : Of Goldsmith Dr. Johnson says : — " Whether we take him as a poet, as a comic writer, or as an historian, he stands in the first class." 1 And, in another place, Boswell records that Johnson said : — " Whatever he (Goldsmith) wrote, he...

...the republic of letters, we shall close our memoir : Of Goldsmith Dr. Johnson says : — " Whether we take him as a poet, as a comic writer, or as an historian, he stands in the first class." l And, in another place, Boswell records that Johnson said : — " Whatever he (Goldsmith) wrote, he...

...subject in his study, and can write well upon it ; but when he comes into company, grows confused, and unable to talk. Take him as a poet, his ' Traveller...Traveller.' Whether, indeed, we take him as a poet — as a comick writer—- or as an historian, he stands in the first class." BOSWELL. "An historian ! My dear...

...Dr. Johnson, the supreme judge of literary appeal, announced to a brilliant company of literati, " Whether, indeed, we take him as a poet, as a comic...or as an historian, he stands in the first class." But not even now was he freed from financial troubles, nor was he ever; he wasted his income by injudicious...