| James Boswell - 1799 - 640 Seiten
...many books right through, though, according to Mrs. Piozzi, he asked, 'was there ever yet anything written by mere man that was wished longer by its...Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim's Progress?' Piozzi 's Anec. p. 281. Nevertheless in Murphy's statement there is some truth. See what has been just... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 648 Seiten
...many books right through, though, according to Mrs. Piozzi, he asked, 'was there ever yet anything written by mere man that was wished longer by its...Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim's Progress ?' Piozzi's Anec. p. 281. Nevertheless in Murphy's statement there is some truth. See what has been... | |
| 1810 - 566 Seiten
...possibly arrive at the last page, asks, " was there ever yet any thing written by mortal man, which was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim's Progress >" To this question, to which the doctor undoubtedly expected an answer in the negative, we may confidently*... | |
| Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1826 - 250 Seiten
...how few books are there of which one ever can possibly arrive at the last page ! Was there ever yet any thing written by mere man that was wished longer...Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim's Progress ?" After Homer's Iliad, Mr. Johnson confessed that the work of Cervantes was the greatest in the world,... | |
| Walter Wilson - 1830 - 718 Seiten
...greatest of panegyricks." reader. In a conversation with Mrs. Thrale, he said, " Was there ever anything written by mere man, that was wished longer by its...excepting ' Don Quixote,' ' Robinson Crusoe,' and the ' Pilgrims' Progress ?' " Although the story of ' Robinson Crusoe' was completed in the two volumes... | |
| Mathew Carey - 1830 - 480 Seiten
...possibly arrive at the last page, asks, " was there ever yet any thing written by mortal man, which was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim's Progress?" To this question, to which the doctor undoubtedly expected an answer in the negative, we may confidently... | |
| James Boswell - 1831 - 584 Seiten
...books P- 2I ?are there of which one ever can possibly arrive at the last page ! Was there ever yet any thing written by mere man that was wished longer...Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim's Progress?' After Homer's Iliad, Dr. Johnsuggestions, observes on this passage, that " Johnson's censure was undeserved.... | |
| James Boswell - 1831 - 592 Seiten
...few books P- 217are there of which one ever can possibly arrive at the last page ! Was there ever yet any thing written by mere man that was wished longer...Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim's Progress?' After Homer's Iliad, Dr. Johnsuggestions, observes on this passage, that " Johnson's censure was undeserved.... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1832 - 622 Seiten
...amusement of those of mature years. " Was there ever any thing written by mere man," says doctor Johnson, " that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don...Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim's Progress?" "There is one book," says Rousseau, " which shall long form the whole library of Emile, and which shall... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1832 - 628 Seiten
...amusement of those of mature years. " Waathere ever any thing written by mere man," says doctor Johnson, " that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don...Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim's Progress?" "There is one book," says Rousseau, " which shall longform the whole library of Emile, and which shall... | |
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