 Robertson would be crushed with his own weight — would be buried under his own ornaments. Goldsmith tells you shortly all you want to know; Robertson detains you a great deal too long. No man will read Robertson's cumbrous detail a second time ; but...  A History of the Earth, and Animated Natureby Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 998 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 508 pages
...detains you a great deal too long. No man will read Robertson's cumbrous detail a second time ; but Goldsmith's plain narrative will please again and...of his pupils : ' Read over your compositions, and where ever you meet \vith a passage which you think is particularly fine, 1773. strike it out.' Goldsmith's... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 526 pages
...detains you a great deal too long. No man will read Robertson's cumbrous detail a second time ; but Goldsmith's plain narrative will please again and...of his pupils : ' Read over your compositions, and where ever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.' Goldsmith's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 238 pages
...Robertson's cumbrous detail a second time; but Goldsmith's plain' narrative will please again and agaia. I would say to Robertson what an old tutor of a college...of his pupils: * Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.' Goldsmith's... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...man will read Robertson's cumbrous detail a second time; but Goldsmith's plain narrative will plexse again and again. I would say to Robertson what an old tutor of ii college said to one of his pupils; « Read over your compositions and where ever you meet with a... | |
 | John Selden - Religion and state - 1818 - 678 pages
...detains you a great deal too long. No man will read Robertson's cumbrous detail a second time; but Goldsmith's plain narrative will please again and...of his pupils: ' Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet \nt\va ^assa^e. Vw\sV "javx think is LITERATURE. 217 particularly fine, strike it... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 382 pages
...Robertson detains you a deal too long. No man will read Robertson's cumbrous detail a second time; but Goldsmith's plain narrative will please again and...of his pupils : ' Read over your compositions ; and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike It out.' Goldsmith's... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 442 pages
...Robertson detains you a deal too long No men will read Robertson's cumbrons detail a second time; but Goldsmith's plain narrative will please again and...one of his pupils; ' Read over your compositions and where ever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.' Goldsmith's... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 542 pages
...what an old tutor of a college said to one of his pupils : ' Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly...Goldsmith's abridgment is better than that of Lucius Florus or Eutropius; and I will venture to say that if you compare him with Vertot, in the same places... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 372 pages
...an old tutor of a college said to one of his pupils : ' Read over your compositions ; and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.' Goldsmith's abridgement is better than that of Lucins Floras, or Eutropins ; and I will venture to say, that if... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pages
...detains you a great deal too long. No man will read Robertson's cumbrous detail a second time; but Goldsmith's plain narrative will please again and...of his pupils : ' Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.' Goldsmith's... | |
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