 Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet ,with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.' Goldsmith's abridgement is better than that of Lucius Florus or Eutropius ; and I will venture to say, that if you compare him with...  The British Prose Writers - Pagina 351821Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - 1882 - 638 pagina’s
...civilization. Few have all kinds of merit belonging to their character. A fallible being will fail somewhere. Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet...which you think is particularly fine, strike it out. Quoting the remark of a college tutor. If I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 966 pagina’s
...an old . tutor of a college said to one of his pupils, ' Read over your compositions, and, whenever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out !' Goldsmith's abridgment is better than that of Lucius Florus or Eutropius ; and I will venture to say, that if you... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1108 pagina’s
...to Robertson what an old tutor of a college said to one of his pupils, "Read over your composition, and, wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, slrike it out!" . . . Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying everything he has to say In a... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1883 - 586 pagina’s
...to Robertson what an old tutor of a college said to one of his pupils, " Read over your composition, and, wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly flne, strike it out!" . . . Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying everything he has to say... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 pagina’s
...please again and again. I would say to Robertson what an old tutor of a college said to one oi his pupils : ' Read over your compositions ; and, wherever...Florus or Eutropius; and I will venture to say that if you compare him with Vertot, in the same places of the Roman History, you will find that he excels... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 634 pagina’s
...please again and again. I would say to Robertson what an old tutor of a college said to one of his pupils : ' Read over your compositions, and wherever...is particularly fine, strike it out.' Goldsmith's abridgment is better than that of Lucius Florus or Eutropius ; and I will venture to say, that if you... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 634 pagina’s
...please again and again. I would say to Robertson what an old tutor of a college said to one of his pupils: ' Read over your compositions, and wherever...is particularly fine, strike it out.' Goldsmith's abridgment is better than that of Lucius Florus or Eutropius; and I will venture to say, that if you... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1884 - 528 pagina’s
...Goldsmith's plain narrative will please again and again . . . His abridgment (of the Roman History) is better than that of Lucius Florus or Eutropius ; and I will venture to say that if you compare him with Vertot in the same places of the Roman History, you will find that he excels Vertot.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1885 - 506 pagina’s
...Goldsmith's plain narrative will please again and again . . . His abridgment (of the Roman History) is better than that of Lucius Florus or Eutropius ; and I will venture to say that if you compare him with Vertot in the same places of the Roman History, you will find that he excels Vertot.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1885 - 538 pagina’s
...Goldsmith's plain narrative will please again and again . . . His abridgment (of the Roman History) is better than that of Lucius Florus or Eutropius ; and I will venture to say that if you compare him with Vertot in the same places of the Roman History, you will find that he excels Vertot.... | |
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