 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1801 - عدد الصفحات: 424
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 264
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 304
...in the words of that great critic t,) " As a wri" ter, he was of the most distinguished abilities. " Whatever he composed, he did it better than any " other man could. And whether we consider him " as a Poet, as a Comic Writer, or as an Historian, ". (so far as regards his powers of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - عدد الصفحات: 656
...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. And whether we consider him as a poet, «s a comic writer, or as an historian (so far as regards his powers of composition,),... | |
 | James Plumptre - 1812 - عدد الصفحات: 552
...29. 4th, Edit, + Ibid. Vol, III. p. 273. *' a writer he was of the most distinguished abilities. " Whatever he composed, he did it better than any other " man could. And whether we consider him as a Poet, " as a Comic Writer, or as an Historian, (so far as re*' gards his powers of... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - عدد الصفحات: 516
...that great critic), as a writer he was VOL. XVI. G 82 GOLDSMITH. of the most distinguished abilities. Whatever he composed he did it better than any other man could. And whether we consider him as a poet, as a comic writer, or as an historian (so far as regards his powers of composition)... | |
 | 1814 - عدد الصفحات: 510
...the words of that great critic), as a writer he was VOL. XVI. C of the most distinguished abilities. Whatever he composed he did it better than any other man could. And whether we consider him as a poet, as a comic writer, or as an historian (so far as regards his powers of composition)... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - عدد الصفحات: 510
...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 man could. And whether we consider him as a poet, as a comic writer, or as an historian (so far as regards his powers of composition)... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - عدد الصفحات: 532
...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 - 1820 - عدد الصفحات: 382
...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 — he stands in the first class." BOSWELL. " An historian ! my dear sir, you will surely not rank his compilation... | |
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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. 
