Will you not allow, Sir, that he draws very natural pictures of human life ?" JOHNSON : " Why, Sir, it is of very low life. Richardson used to say, that had he not known who Fielding was, he should have believed he was an ostler. Johnsoniana.. - Page 38by James Boswell - 1820 - 178 pagesFull view - About this book
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...ftrange an affertion, he faid, " What I mean by his being a blockhead is, that he was a barren rafcal." BOSWELL. " Will you not allow, Sir, that he draws...life ?" JoHNSON. " Why, Sir, it is of very low life. Richardfon ufed to fay, that had he not known who Fielding was, he fhould have believed he was an oftler.... | |
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| James Boswell - 1835 - 346 pages
...;" and upon my expressing my astonishment at so strange an assertion, he said, " What I mean by his being a blockhead is, that he was a barren rascal."...not known who Fielding was, he should have believed (1) Born in 1748; entered the navy as a midshipman in 1764, and the army as an ensign in the Royals... | |
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