 | William Mudford - 1812 - 662 strani
...which no man executes to all men's satisfaction. His selection of a certain passage in the Mourning Bride of Congreve, which he extols so rapturously,...more pleasing to contemplate. In works professedly of fancy he is not very copious; yet, in his Rasselas we have much to admire, and enough to make us... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 600 strani
...which no man exi'cute- to all men's satisfaction. His selection of a certain passage in the Mo 3<il. Bride of Congreve, which he extols so rapturously,...more pleasing to contemplate. In works professedly of fancy he is not very copious ; yet in his Rasselas we have much te admire, and enough to make us... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 570 strani
...executes to all Mem. men's satisfaction. His selection of a certain passage in the Mourning p. 361. Bride of Congreve, which he extols so rapturously,...more pleasing to contemplate. In works professedly of fancy he is not very copious ; yet in his Rasselas we have much to admire, and enough to make us... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 534 strani
...which no man executes to all men's satisfaction. His selection of a certain passage in the " Mourning Bride " of Congreve which he extols so rapturously,...more pleasing to contemplate. In works professedly of fancy he is not very copious ; yet in his " Rasselas " we have much to admire, and enough to make... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1884 - 538 strani
...which no man executes to all men's satisfaction. His selection of a certain passage in the " Mourning Bride" of Congreve which he extols so rapturously,...more pleasing to contemplate. In works professedly of fancy he is not very copious; yet in his "Rasselas" we have much to admire, and enough to make us... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1909 - 440 strani
...which no man executes to all men's satisfaction. His selection of a certain passage in the Mourning Bride of Congreve, which he extols so rapturously,...more pleasing to contemplate. In works professedly of fancy he is not very copious ; yet hi his Rasselas we have much to admire, and enough to make us... | |
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Bride of Congreve, which he extols so rapturously, is certainly a most unfortunate sample ; but unless the oversights of a critic are less pardonable than those of other men, we may pass this over in a work of merit, which > abounds in beauties far more... 