...Deserted Village, were it not sometimes too much the echo of his Traveller. Whether, indeed, we take him as a poet, as a comic writer, or as an historian, he stands in the first class." Bos well: "An historian! my dear sir, you will not surely rank his compilation...

...conversation with. .Boswell, to the great astonishment of the latter. " Whether we take Goldsmith," says he, " as a poet, as a comic writer, or as an historian, he stands in the first class." Boswell. — "An historian? My dear sir, >ou surely will not rank his compilation...

...his ' Deserted Village,' wero it not sometimes too much the echo of his ' Traveller.' Whether we take him as a poet, as a comic writer, or as an historian, he stands in the first class." ' We have before observed, that his poem of ' RETALIATION ' was provoked...

...leaves, elaborately tooled dentelle borders, by Riviere, 1843 2/ 12s 6d No 560 Whatever he compofed, he did it better than any other man could; and whether we regardhimas a poet, as a comic writer, or as an bijlorian, he was one of the firjl writers of his time....

...Dr. Johnson, in the course of a conversation with Boswell. " Whether we take him," said Johnson, " as a poet, as a comic writer, or as an historian, he stands in the first class." Boswell. — " An historian ! My dear sir. you surely will not rank his...

...England, with continuation to the Death of George III., by Dr. Coote, 4 vols. 8vo. board», 12* 1823 " Whatever he composed, he did it better than any other man could, and whether we regard him as a pool, as a comic writer, or as an historian, he was one of the first writers of his time, and will...

...Deserted Village,' were it not sometimes too much the echo of his ' Traveller.' Whether we take liim as a poet, as a comic writer, or as an historian, he stands in the first class." ' We have before observed, that his poem of ' RETALIATION ' •was provoked...

...AND OPINIONS. "As a writer," says Dr. Johnson, "he [Goldsmith] was of the most distinguished class. Whatever he composed, he did it better than any other...we regard him as a poet, as a comic writer, or as a historian, he was one of the first writers of his time, and will ever stand in the foremost class."...

...farcical, is never gross or licentious. To sum up in the words of Johnson : — "Whether, indeed, we take him as a poet, as a comic writer, or as an historian, he stands in the first class. He deserved a place in Westminster Abbey; and every year he lived would...

...conversation with Boswell, to the great astonishment of the latter. " Whether we take Goldsmith," said he, " as a poet, as a comic writer, or as an historian, he stands in the first class." Boswell. — "An historian! My dear sir, you surely will not rank his compilation...