 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 pages
...BOSWBLL. " Will you not allow, Sir, that he draws very natural pictures of human lite ? " JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, it is of very low life. Richardson used...known who Fielding was, he should have believed he a baron by the title of Lord Erskine, soon after which time my acquaintance with him began, lie died... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1860 - 960 pages
...BOSWEIX. " Will you not allow, Sir, that he draws very natural pictures of human life ? " JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, it is of very low life. Richardson used to say, that had be not known who Fielding was, he should have believed he was an ostler. Sir, there is more knowledge... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1861 - 622 pages
...of manners, whilst Richard were characters of nature.J " Richardson used to say, that had he not kn who Fielding was, he should have believed he was an ostler. Sir, the: more knowledge of the heart in one letter of Richardson's than in all' Jones.' I, indeed, never... | |
 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 pages
...rascal.' BOSWELL : 'Will you not allow, sir, that he draws very natural pictures of human life?' JOHNSON: 'Why, sir, it is of very low life. Richardson used...one letter of Richardson's than in all Tom Jones. 1 I, indeed, never read Joseph Andrews.' ERSKINK : ' Surely, sir, Richardson is very tedious.' JOHNSON... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 602 pages
...BOSWELL. " Will you not allow, Sir, that he draws very natural pictures of human life?" JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, it is of very low life. Richardson used...Tom Jones.' I, indeed, never read ' Joseph Andrews.' " ERSKINE. " Surely, Sir, Richardson is very tedious." JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, if you were to read Richardson... | |
 | ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 pages
...Wouldn't it be a nice cool habitation for summer ? "—" No doubt it would, madam—-for a load I" life. Richardson used to say that, had he not known...'Tom Jones.' I, indeed, never read 'Joseph Andrews.' —• HONOURABLE THOMAS ERSKINE : " Surely, Sir, Richardson is very tedious."—JOHNSON : " Why, Sir,... | |
 | Alexander Main - Literary Criticism - 1874 - 482 pages
..." Wouldn't it be a nice cool habitation for summer? "—" No doubt it would, madam—for a toad I" life. Richardson used to say that, had he not known...in all ' Tom Jones.' I, indeed, never read ' Joseph Andrews.'—HONOURABLE THOMAS ERSKINE : "Surely, Sir, Richardson is very tedious."—JOHNSON : " Why,... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1874 - 640 pages
...characters were characters of manners, whilst Eichardson's were characters of nature. J " Eichardson used to say, that had he not known who Fielding was,...there is more knowledge of the heart in one letter of Eichardson's than in all ' Tom Jones." I, indeed, never read ' Joseph Andrews.' " This dispraise of... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1880 - 1246 pages
...Fielding's characters were characters of manners, whilst Richardson's were characters of nature.* " Richardson used to say, that had he not known who...'Tom Jones.' I, indeed, never read 'Joseph Andrews.'" This dispraise .of Fielding indicates his great value to those who would understand the manners of... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1884 - 634 pages
...rascal." BOSWELL. " Will you not allow, Sir, that he draws very natural pictures of human life?" JOHNSON. "Why, Sir, it is of very low life. Richardson used...in all 'Tom Jones.' I, indeed, never read 'Joseph An1 Born in 1748 ; entered the navy as a midshipman in 1764, and the army as an ensign in the Royals... | |
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life: Why, Sir, it is of very low life. Richardson used to say, that had he not known who Fielding was, he should have believed he was an ostler. Sir, there is more knowledge of the heart in one letter of Richardson's, than in all "Tom Jones." I, indeed,... 
