 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1799 - 214 σελίδες
...HERE are a hundred fanlts in this thing, and a hundred things might be said to prove , them beanties. But it is needless. A book may be amusing with numerous...three greatest characters upon earth; he is a priest, a husbandman, and the father of a family. He is drawn as ready to teach, and ready to obey, as simple... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 σελίδες
...D'Arblay's Diary, i. 83. ' There are a hundred faults in this Thing,' said Goldsmith in the preface, 'and a hundred things might be said to prove them beauties....or it may be very dull without a single absurdity.' See post, April 25, 1778. 1 Anecdotes of Johnson, p. 1 19. BOSWELL. • Life of Johnson, p. 420. BOSWELL.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 σελίδες
...D'Arblay's Diary, i. 83. ' There are a hundred faults in this Thing,' said Goldsmith in the preface, ' and a hundred things might be said to prove them beauties....or it may be very dull without a single absurdity.' See. post, April 25, 1778. ' Anecdotes of Johnson, p. 1 19. BOSWELL. ' Life of Johnson, p. 420. BOSWELL.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1807 - 326 σελίδες
...the language. PHILADELPHIA, May, 1807. ADVERTISEMENT. THERE are a hundred faults in this thing, and a hundred things might be said to prove them beauties....is needless. A book may be amusing, with numerous errours ; or, it may be very dull, without a single absurdity. The hero of this piece unites in himself... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1808 - 216 σελίδες
...R. Scholey; and J. Harris. 1808. 1 ADVERTISEMENT. THERE are an hundred faults in this Thing, and an hundred things might be said to prove them beauties....very dull without a single absurdity. The hero of thii piece unites in himself the three greatest characters upon earth; he is a priest, an husbandman,... | |
 | Edward Mangin - 1808 - 240 σελίδες
...refuse the tribute of unqualified praise to this novel. " The hero of this piece," says the author, " unites in himself the three greatest characters upon earth : he is a priest, a husbandman, and a father of a family ; he is drawn as ready to teach, and ready to obey ; as simple... | |
 | 1820 - 406 σελίδες
...history. THE END OF POMPEY THE LITTLE. ADVERTISEMENT. THERE are an hundred faults in this thing, and an hundred things might be said to prove them beauties. But it is needless. A book may he amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity. The hero of this... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 σελίδες
...WAKEFIELD. A TALE. By OLIVER GOLDSMITH. ADVERTISEMENT. THERE are a hundred faults in this thing, and a hundred things might be said to prove them beauties....greatest characters upon earth ; — he is a priest, a husbandman, and the father of a family. He is drawn as ready to teach, and ready to obey — as simple... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 σελίδες
...WAKEFIELD. A TALE. By OLIVER GOLDSMITH. ADVERTISEMENT. THERE are a hundred faults in this thing, and a hundred things might be said to prove them beauties....greatest characters upon earth ; — he is a priest, a husbandman, and the father of a family. He is drawn as ready to teach, and ready to obey — as simple... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 222 σελίδες
...Cowie. By T. Davison, Whitefriars. 1823. ADVERTISEMENT. THERE are a hundred faults in this thing, and a hundred things might be said to prove them beauties....dull without a single absurdity. The hero of this pieee unites in himself the three greatest eharaeters upon earth; he is a priest, a husbandman, and... | |
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THERE are a hundred faults in this thing, and a hundred things might be said to prove them beauties. But it is needless. A book may be amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity. 
