 | James Boswell - 1901 - 500 strani
...literature." JOHNSON. " Yes, Sir ; we have no such book as Moreri's ' Dictionary.' " BOSWELL. " Their ' Ana ' are good." JOHNSON. " A few of them are good ; but...have one book of that kind better than any of them, Set den's ' Table-talk.' As to original literature, the French have a couple of tragic poets who go... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1924 - 562 strani
...— Johnson. ' Yes, sir ; we have no such book as Moreri's Dictionary.' — Bostoell. ' Their Ana. are good.' — Johnson. ' A few of them are good ;...world, Racine and Corneille, and one comick poet, Molifff.' — Boswell. ' They have Fenelon' — Johnson. ' Why, sir, Teltmachus is pretty well.' —... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1925 - 886 strani
...Johnson : " Yes, sir ; we have no such book sa ' Moreri's Dictionary.' "—Boswell : " Their ' Ana ' are good."— Johnson : "A few of them are good ;...Boswell : " They have Fenelon."— Johnson : " Why, sir, TelemachoB is pretty well." — Boswell: "And Voltaire, sir." — Johnson: "Hehu not stood his trial... | |
 | Pickering & Chatto - 1924 - 306 strani
...COPY. £20 The exceedingly rare First Edition of this famous work. Boswell : " Their [the French] Ana are good." Johnson: " A few of them are good; but...of that kind better than any of them — Selden's - Table Talk.' " — Boswell's " Johnson." " There is more weighty bullion sense in this book than... | |
 | John Selden, Selden Society - 1927 - 246 strani
...literature.' Johnson : ' Yes, sir : we have no such book as Moreri's Dictionary.' Boswdl : ' Their Ana are good.' Johnson : ' A few of them are good : but...book of that kind better than any of them ; Selden's Table Talk.' BOSWKLL : Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Oct. 14, 1773, p. 369 of ed. Chapman, 1924.... | |
 | John Selden, Selden Society - 1927 - 250 strani
...literature.' Johnson : ' Yes, sir : we have no such book as Moreri's Dictionary.' Boswdl : ' Their Ana are good.' Johnson : ' A few of them are good : but...book of that kind better than any of them ; Selden's Table Talk.' BOSWELL : Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Oct. 14, 1773, p. 369 of ed. Chapman, 1924.... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1925 - 784 strani
...Johnson : " Yes, sir ; we have no such book as ' Moreri's Dictionary.' " — Boswell : " Their ' Ana ' are good." — Johnson : " A few of them are good...one comick poet, Moliere."— Boswell: "They have F&ielon." — Johnson: " Why, sir, Telemachua is pretty well." — Boswell: "And Voltaire, sir." —... | |
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Its merits had not escaped the notice of Dr. Johnson, though in politics opposed to much it inculcates, for in reply to an observation of Boswell in praise of the French Ana, he said, ' A few of them are good, but we have one book of that kind better... 
