 | James Boswell - 1799 - Страниц: 648
...through, though, according to Mrs. Piozzi, he asked, 'was there ever yet anything written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers excepting Don...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - Страниц: 640
...through, though, according to Mrs. Piozzi, he asked, 'was there ever yet anything written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers excepting Don...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... | |
 | 1810 - Страниц: 566
...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 - Страниц: 250
...which one ever can possibly arrive at the last page ! Was there ever yet any thing written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don...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,... | |
 | Mathew Carey - 1830 - Страниц: 480
...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... | |
 | Walter Wilson - 1830 - Страниц: 718
...reader. In a conversation with Mrs. Thrale, he said, " Was there ever anything written by mere man, that was wished longer by its readers, excepting ' Don Quixote,' ' Robinson Crusoe,' and the 'Pilgrims' Progress?'" Although the story of ' Robinson Crusoe' was completed in the two volumes already... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - Страниц: 584
...which one ever can possibly arrive at the last page ! Was there ever yet any thing written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don...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 - Страниц: 592
...which one ever can possibly arrive at the last page ! Was there ever yet any thing written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don...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 - Страниц: 622
...has been the delight of childhood no less than the amusement of those of mature years. " Was there ever any thing written by mere man," says doctor Johnson,..."There is one book," says Rousseau, " which shall long form the whole library of Emile, and which shall preserve a high rank to the last: it is not Aristotle,... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1832 - Страниц: 616
...amusement of those of mature years. " Was there ever any thing written by mere man," says doctor Jolmson, " that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don...Progress?" "There is one book," says Rousseau, "which shall long form the whole library of Emile, and which shall preserve a high rank to the last: it is not Aristotle,... | |
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Was there ever yet any thing written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim's Progress? 
