 Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. He has no second. He has distanced all his...  The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment - Page 2071832Full view - About this book
 | 1858 - 616 pages
..."Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of orators, than Boswell is the first of biograpners. Many of the greatest men that have ever lived have written biography. Boswell was one... | |
 | Sir Richard George Augustus Levinge - 1858 - 72 pages
...the first of heroic poets, Sbakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes ia not more decidedly the first of orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. Many of the greatest men that have ever lived have written biography. Boswell was one of the smallest... | |
 | James White - 1858 - 316 pages
...the first of heroic poets, Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes ia not more decidedly the first of orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. Many of the greatest men that have ever lived have written biography. Boswell was one of the smallest... | |
 | Henry Ward Beecher - 1859 - 408 pages
..."The Life of Johnson is assuredly a great, a very great work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of Dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the...place them. Eclipse is first, and the rest nowhere. u We are not sure that there is in the whole history of the human intellect so strange a phenomenon... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1859 - 1030 pages
...Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of Orators, thun Hoswell is the first of biographers, lie has distanced all his competitors so decidedly that...worth while to place them ; Eclipse is first, and all the rest nowhere. We are not sure that there is in the whole history of the human Intellect so... | |
 | Sir William Howard Russell - 1859 - 128 pages
..." Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the...orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. Many of the greatest men that have ever lived have written biography. Boswell was one of the smallest... | |
 | Sir Vivian Dering Majendie - 1859 - 394 pages
..." Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the...orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. Many of the greatest men that have ever lived have written biography. Boswell was one of the smallest... | |
 | Thomas Nichols (of the British museum.) - 1859 - 168 pages
...sources. "Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic pods, Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the...orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. Many of the greatest men that have ever lived have written biography. Boswell was one of the smallest... | |
 | Charles Selby - 1859 - 424 pages
..." Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the...orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. Many of the greatest men that ha\e ever lived have written biography. Boswell was one of the smallest... | |
 | James Boswell - 1859 - 320 pages
..." Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of orators, than Boswell is the first of hiographers. Many of the greatest men that have ever lived have written hiography. Boswell was one... | |
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