 | 1852 - عدد الصفحات: 780
...decidedly, that it is not worth while to place them. Eclipse is first, and the rest nowhere. We are as perfectly sufficient. There is no book in our literature on which we could so readily stake the fame of wri''en biography. Boswell was one of the smallest men that ever lived ; and he has beaten them all.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - عدد الصفحات: 764
...rest nowhere. We are not sure that there is in the whole history of the hitman intellect so strange я phenomenon as this book. Many of the greatest men that ever lived have wr::»en biography. Boswell was one of the smallest men that erer lived; and he has beairn them all.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1854 - عدد الصفحات: 430
...display of character gives a delightful interest to many passages which have no other interest. We are not sure that there is in the whole history of the...Boswell was one of the smallest men that ever lived; aad he has beaten them all. He was, if we are to give any I.credit to his own account, or to the united... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - عدد الصفحات: 770
...decidedly, that it is not worth while to place them. Eclipse is first, and the rest nowhere. We are not sure that there is in the whole history of the...book. Many of the greatest men that ever lived have wri"en biography. Boswell was one of the smallest men that ever lived ; and he has beaten them all.... | |
 | Alexandre Dumas - 1856 - عدد الصفحات: 494
...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...smallest men that ever lived, and he has beaten them all. His was talent, and uncommon talent, and to Jemmy Boswell we indeed owe manyhuurs of supreme delight."—... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1856 - عدد الصفحات: 334
...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...smallest men that ever lived, and he has beaten them all. His was talent, and uncommon talent, and to Jemmy Boswell we indeed owe many hours of supreme delight."... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1856 - عدد الصفحات: 288
...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...smallest men that ever lived, and he has beaten them all. His was talent, and uncommon talent, and to Jemaiy Uoswell we indeed owe many hDurs of supreme delight."... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1856 - عدد الصفحات: 470
...decidedly the first of rators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. Many of the greatest men that ave ever lived have written biography. Boswell was one of the smallest men that ver lived, and he has heaten them all. His was talent, and uncommon talent, and to emmy Boawell we... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1856 - عدد الصفحات: 330
...first of biographers. Many of the greatest men that have ever lived have written biography. lioswell was one of the smallest men that ever lived, and he has beaten th.em.all. His was talent, and uncommon talent, and to Jemmy Boswell we indeed owe many hours of supreme... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1856 - عدد الصفحات: 248
...the first of irators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. Many of the greatest men that lave ever lived have written biography. Boswell was one of the smallest men that iver lived, and he has beaten them all. His was talent, and uncommon talent, and ;o Jemmy Boswell we... | |
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We arc not sure that there is in the whole history of the human intellect so strange a phenomenon as this book. Many of the greatest men that ever lived have written biography. Boswell was one of the smallest men that ever lived ; and he has beaten them... 
