 I have always maintained, that any fool may write a most valuable book by chance, if he will only tell us what he heard and saw with veracity. Of Mr. Boswell's truth I have not the least suspicion, because I am sure he could invent nothing of this kind....  The Church Quarterly Review - Page 1291889Full view - About this book
 | 1855 - 604 pages
...sarcastic Gray, ' is a dialogue between a Green Goose and a hero. But ' (he adds) ' it proves what I have always maintained — that ' any fool may write a...only tell us what he heard and saw with veracity.' Many whom the world calls fools certainly might, and many wise men could not ; Gray himself, had he... | |
 | 1811 - 450 pages
...relates to Paoli.) He is a man born twe thousand years after his time ! The pamphlet proves what I have always maintained, that any fool may write a most...valuable book by chance, if he will only tell us what he saw and heard with veracity. Of Mr. Boswell's truth I have not the least suspicion, because I am sure... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 618 pages
...relates to Paoli. He is a man born two thousand years after his time ! The pamphlet proves what I have always maintained, that any fool may write a most...only tell us what he heard and saw with veracity. Of Mr. Boswell's truth I have not the least suspicion, because I am sure he could invent nothing of... | |
 | 1821 - 394 pages
...relates to Paoli. He is a man born two thousand years after his time ! The pamphlet proves what I have always maintained, that any fool may write a most...only tell us what he heard and saw with veracity. Of Mr. Boswell's truth I have not the least suspicion, because I am sure he could invent nothing of... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1820 - 492 pages
...relates, to Paoli. He is a man bo.rn two thousand years after his time! The pamphlet proves what I have always maintained, that any fool may write a most...only tell us what he heard and saw with veracity. Of Mr. BoswelPs truth I have not the least suspicion, because J am sure he could invent nothing of... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1820 - 548 pages
...relates to Paoli. He is a man born two thousand years after his time ! The pamphlet proves what I have always maintained, that any fool may write a most...only tell us what he heard and saw with veracity. Of Mr. Boswell's truth I have not the least suspicion, because I am sure he could invent nothing of... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1827 - 468 pages
...relates to Paoli. He is a man born two thousand years after his time ! The pamphlet proves what I have always maintained, that^ any fool may write a most...only tell us what he heard and saw with veracity. Of Mr. Boswell's truth I have not the least suspicion, because lam sure he could invent nothing of... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1836 - 336 pages
...relates to Paoli. He is a man born two thousand years after his time ! The pamphlet proves what I have always maintained, that any fool may write a most...only tell us what he heard and saw with veracity. Of Mr. Boswell's truth I have not the least suspicion, because I am sure he could invent nothing of... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1840 - 542 pages
...relates to Paoli. He is a man born two thousand years after his time! The pamphlet proves what I have always maintained, that any fool may write a most...only tell us what he heard and saw with veracity. Of Mr. Boswell's truth I have not the least suspicion, because 1 am sure he could invent nothing of... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1840 - 536 pages
...relates to Paoli. He is a man born two thousand years after his time ! The pamphlet proves what I have always maintained, that any fool may write a most...only tell us what he heard and saw with veracity. Of Mr. Boswell's truth I have not the least suspicion, because I am sure he could invent nothing of... | |
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