 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 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 - English poetry - 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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 648 pages
...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...composition,), he was one of the first writers of bis time, and will ever stand in the foremost class." .Although this character may be thought in some... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 656 pages
...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...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... | |
 | James Plumptre - English drama - 1812 - 552 pages
...critic,+) " As » BosweH's Life, Vol. IV. p. 29. 4th, Edit, + Ibid. Vol, III. p. 273. *' a writer he was of the most distinguished abilities. " Whatever he...as a Comic Writer, or as an Historian, (so far as re*' gards his powers of composition,) he was one of the " first writers of his time, and will ever... | |
 | Robert Anderson - Authors, English - 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... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...with some warmth; "Pshaw! I can. do it better myself ! " With all his defects, as a writer, he was of the most distinguished abilities. Whatever he composed, he did it better than any other man could. He had the art of being minute without tedioushess, and general without confusion; copious without... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 384 pages
...Deserted Village, were it not sometimes too much the echo of his Traveller. Whether, indeed, we take him as a poet, as a comic writer, or as an historian — be stands in the- first classi" -BOSWELL. " An historian ! my dear sir, you will surely not rank... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 428 pages
...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 it better than any other man could. \nd whether we consider him as a poet, as a comic writer, or as an historian, (so far as regards his... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 762 pages
...defects in conversation. " As a writer," says Dr Johnson, " he was of the most distinguished class. rks are read by the old with delight, which the young are taught to look upon a regard him as a poet, as a comic writer, or as a historian, 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. 
