 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1801 - 424 pages
...great critic,-}-) " As a writer he was of the moft diftinguifhed abili" ties. Whatever he compofed, he did it better " than any other man could. And whether we " confider him as a Poet, as a Comic Writer, or " as an Hiftorian, (fo far as regards his powers of... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 pages
...his ' Deserted Village,' were it not sometimes too much the echo of his ' Traveller.' Whether we take him as a poet, as a comic writer, or as an historian, he stands in the first class.' " We have before observed, that his poem pf " RETALIATION" was provoked... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 304 pages
...Indeed, with all his defects, (to conclude nearly in the words of that great critic t,) " As a wri" ter, he was of the most distinguished abilities. " Whatever...a Comic Writer, or as an Historian, ". (so far as regards his powers of composition,) he « was one of the first writers of his time, and will '* ever... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 pages
...when he had." Indeed with all his defects, (to conclude nearly in the words of that great critic) " as a writer he •was of the most distinguished abilities....man could. And whether we consider him as a poet, «s a comic writer, or as an historian (so far as regards his powers of composition,), he was one of... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 pages
...when he had." Indeed with all his defects, (to conclude nearly in the words of that great critic) " as a writer he was of the most distinguished abilities. Whatever he composed he did k better than any other man could. And whether we consider him as a poet, as • a comic writer, or... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 428 pages
...nearly in the words of that great critic,f) " As a writer he was of the most distinguished abili" ties. Whatever he composed, he did it better " than any...as a Comic Writer, or " as an Historian, (so far as regards his powers of " composition,) he was one of the first writers of " his time, and will ever... | |
 | 1814 - 510 pages
...his defects (to conclude nearly in the words of that great critic), as a writer he was VOL. XVI. C of the most distinguished abilities. Whatever he composed...poet, as a comic writer, or as an historian (so far as regards his powers of composition) he was one of the first writers of his time,, and will ever stand... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 516 pages
...(to.concjudenearly in the words of that great critic), as a writer he was VOL. XVI. G 82 GOLDSMITH. of the most distinguished abilities. Whatever he composed...poet, as a comic writer, or as an historian (so far as regards his powers of composition) he was one of the first writers of his time, and will ever stand... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 510 pages
...words of that great critic), as a writer he was • You XVI. G of the most distinguished ahilities. Whatever he composed he did it better than any other...poet, as a comic writer, or as an historian (so far as regards his powers of composition) he was one of the first writers of his time, and will ever stand... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 pages
...be remembered ; he was a very great man." * His death was an irreparable loss to English literature. Whether we consider him as a poet, as a comic writer, or an historian, (so far as regards his powers of composition), he was one of the first writers of his... | |
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Whether, indeed, we take him as a poet, — as a comic writer, — or as an historian, he stands in the first class. 
