 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1900 - 280 oldal
...: ' Surely, sir, Richardson is very tedious.' JOHNSON : ' Why, sir, if you were to read Richardson for the story your impatience would be so much fretted...yourself. But you must read him for the sentiment.'" — Boswell, iii. 207-208. (For an exception he would occasionally make in favor of Amelia, see Mrs.... | |
 | 1900 - 532 oldal
...entanglement, and we might say, as Johnson did about Richardson, "Why, sir, if you were to read it for the story, your impatience would be so much fretted that you would hang yourself." We must not read these works for "the story." We cannot believe in Arthur Gride, and all the intrigues... | |
 | James Boswell - 1901 - 500 oldal
...is very tedious." JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, if you were to read Richardson for the story, your patience •would be so much fretted that you would hang yourself....the story as only giving occasion to the sentiment." I have already given my opinion of Fielding ; but I cannot refrain from repeating here my wonder at... | |
 | Samuel Richardson - 1901 - 376 oldal
...: " Surely, sir, Richardson is very tedious." JonxSON : " Why, sir, if you were to read Richardson for the story, your impatience would be so much fretted that you would hang yourself." The Doctor's remarks, as usual, are worth serious reflection. Fielding was a novelist of manners; in... | |
 | Eduard Engel - 1902 - 516 oldal
...Johnson pronounced a striking verdict on the insipidity of his novels : " If you were to read Richardson for the story your impatience would be so much fretted...the story as only giving occasion to the sentiment." Richardson's Pamela, in spite of the sentimental admiration with which it was received, stirred up... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1902 - 232 oldal
...that the author of Clarissa was very tedious. " Why, Sir," he said, " if you were to read Richardson for the story, your impatience would be so much fretted...the story as only giving occasion to the sentiment." The Postscript, it will be observed, makes no reference to certain other objections to what one of... | |
 | Samuel Richardson - 1902 - 352 oldal
...sir, Eichardson is very tedious." JOHNSON: " Why, sir, if you were to read Eichardson for the story,u' your impatience would be so much fretted that you would hang yourself." The Doctor's remarks, as usual, are worth serious reflection. Fielding was a novelist of manners; in... | |
 | John N. Crawford - 1903 - 442 oldal
...sir, Richardson is tedious." To which Johnson replies : " Why, sir, if you were to read Richardson for the story, your impatience would be so much fretted...sentiment and consider the story as only giving occasion for the sentiment." At another time Johnson said of Richardson he " has enlarged the knowledge of human... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1903 - 370 oldal
...: " Surely, sir, Richardson is very tedious." JOHNSON : " Why, sir, if you were to read Richardson for the story, your impatience would be so much fretted...yourself. But you must read him for the sentiment." — Boswell, iii. 207, 208. (For an exception he would occasionally make in favour of Amelia, see Mrs... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1903 - 368 oldal
...: " Surely, sir, Richardson is very tedious." JOHNSON : " Why, sir, if you were to read Richardson for the story, your impatience would be so much fretted...yourself. But you must read him for the sentiment." — Boswell, iii. 207, 208. (For an exception he would occasionally make in favour of Amelia, see Mrs... | |
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Why, Sir, if you were to read Richardson for the story, your impatience would be so much fretted that you would hang yourself. But you must read him for the sentiment, and consider the story as only giving occasion to the sentiment. 
