| James Boswell - 1816 - Liczba stron: 500
...this novel. " His attention to veracity (says Mr* Piozzi,) was without equal or example ;" and when I mentioned Clarissa as a perfect character, " On the...truth." " Fielding's Amelia was the most pleasing heroiiie of all the romances, (he said,) but that vile broken nose, never cured, ruined the sale of... | |
| James Boswell - 1820 - Liczba stron: 372
...novel. " His attention to veracity," says Mrs. Piozzi, " was_ without equal or example ; and when I mentioned Clarissa as a perfect character, • On...edition was called for before night.'" — Anecdotes, p. 52I. t His great period of study was from the age of twelve to that of eightcen, as he told Mr. Langton,... | |
| James Boswell - 1820 - Liczba stron: 382
...novel. " His attention to veracity," says Mrs. Piozzi, " was^ without equal or example ; and when I mentioned Clarissa as a perfect character, ' On the...but that vile broken nose, never cured, ruined the •ale of perhaps the only book, which being printed off [published] bctimes one morning, a new edition... | |
| James Boswell - 1820 - Liczba stron: 384
...heroine of all the romances,' he said, ' but that vile broken nose, never cured, ruined the •ale of perhaps the only book, which being printed off...called for before night.'" — Anecdotes, p. 221. t His great period of study was from the age of twelve to that of eighteen, as he told Mr. Langton,... | |
| 1821 - Liczba stron: 372
...novel. " His attention * to veracity," says Mrs. Piozzi, " was without equal or example ; and when I mentioned Clarissa as a perfect character, « On the...but that vile broken nose, never cured, ruined the fa]e of perhaps the only book, which being printed off [published] betimes one morning, a new edition... | |
| Henry Kett - 1825 - Liczba stron: 298
...Mrs. Piozzi said of him, ' that his attention to veracity was without equal or example : and when I mentioned Clarissa as a perfect character, ' On the...something- which she prefers to truth.' Fielding's Amelia, in his opinion, was the most pleasing heroine of all romances. 325. When the le'arned professions were... | |
| James Boswell - 1826 - Liczba stron: 412
...BOSWELL. "His attention to veracity," says Mrs. Piozzi, " was without equal or example ;" and when I mentioned Clarissa as a perfect character, " On the...morning, a new edition was called for before night." — See Mrs. Piozzi's Anecdotes, p. 221. — ED. 1 Mr. Romney the painter, who has now deservedly established... | |
| Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1826 - Liczba stron: 250
...engaged in with Samuel Johnson. His attention to veracity was without equal or example ; and when I mentioned Clarissa as a perfect character ; " On the...of perhaps the only book, which being printed off betimes one morning, a new edition was called for before night." Mr. JoEnson's knowledge of literary... | |
| James Boswell - 1826 - Liczba stron: 416
...BOSWELL. "His attention to veracity," says Mrs. Piozzi, " was without equal or example ;" and when I mentioned Clarissa as a perfect character, " On the...romances," he said ; " but that vile broken nose, never cuied, ruined the sale of perhaps the only book, which being printed off [published] betimes one morning,... | |
| James Boswell - 1831 - Liczba stron: 690
...novel. "His attention to veracity," says Mrs. Pioiii, " was without equal or example ;" and when I mentioned Clarissa as a perfect character, '' On the...never cured, ruined the sale of perhaps the only book, of which, being printed off (puUuhed) betimes one morning, a new edition was called for before night."... | |
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