...that reminds us of the coarse familiarity of Swift. Thus, speaking of Boswell, he says — " If he bad not been a great fool, he would never have been a great writer." So of Chatham, he says — "He was not invited to become a placeman, and he therefore stuck firmly...

...that reminds us of the coarse familiarity of Swift. Thus, speaking of Boswell, he says — " If he I had not been a great fool, he would never have been a great V writer." So of Chatham, he says — " He was not invited to be- I come a placeman, and he therefore...

...mere simpleton. His blunders would not come in a^iiss among the stories of Hierocles. But these men attained literary eminence in spite of their weaknesses....weaknesses. If he had not been a great fool, he would 25 never have been a great writer. Without all the qualities which made him the jest and the torment...

...tracing the excellence of his book to the badness of the author. Other men, we are told, have attained to literary eminence in spite of their weaknesses. Boswell...weaknesses. " If he had not been a great fool, he would not have been a great writer." " He had quick observation and a retentive memory. These qualities,...

...mere simpleton. His blunders would not come in amiss among the stories of Hierocles. But these men attained literary eminence in spite of their weaknesses....weaknesses. If he had not been a great fool, he would 25 never have been a great writer. Without all the qualities which made him the jest and the torment...

...mere simpleton. His blunders would not come in amiss4 among the stories of Hierocles. But these men attained literary eminence in spite of their weaknesses....great fool, he would never have been a great writer. VOCABULARY a, un, una. able, capaz, poderoso — a. able, to be able, poder abstract, abstracto —...

...mere simpleton. His blunders would not come in amiss among the stories of Hierocles. But these men attained literary eminence in spite of their weaknesses....great fool, he would never have been a great writer. ... Of the talents which ordinarily raise men to eminence as writers, Boswell had absolutely none....

...stories of Hierocles. But these men attained literary eminence in spite of their weaknesses. Bóswell attained it by reason of his weaknesses. If he had...great fool, he would never have been a great writer. VOCABULARY a, un, una. able, capaz, poderoso —a. able, to be able, poder abstract, abstracto —...

...paradoxically maintained that ' Boswell attained literary eminence by reason of his weaknesses, that if he had not been a great fool he would never have been a great writer.' But Carlyle more wisely That loose-flowing, careless-looking work of his is as a picture by one of...

...mere simpleton. His blunders would not come in amiss among the stories of Hierocles. But zc these men attained literary eminence in spite of their weaknesses....the torment of those among whom he lived, without 25 the officiousness, the inquisitiveness, the effrontery, the toadeating, the insensibility to all...