 | Daniel Defoe - 1869 - 420 sider
...should read first and read longest. Dr. Johnson remarked, " Was there ever anything written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers, excepting '...' Robinson Crusoe,' and the ' Pilgrim's Progress? ' " In conclusion, we present to our readers tho touching lines in which Cowper supposes Alexander... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 sider
...recompense has been granted to very few. DR. S. JOHNSON. Was there ever anything written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don...Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim's Progress? DR. S. JOHNSON. Out of the reach of danger, he [Junius] has been bold ; out of the reach of shame,... | |
 | Popular encyclopedia - 1879 - 500 sider
...than the amusement of those of mature years. ' Was there ever anything written by mere man,' says Dr. Johnson, ' that was wished longer by its readers,...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 U not Aristotle,... | |
 | 1881 - 408 sider
...which one can ever possibly arrive at the last page ! 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' ?" Domestic Folk-Lore.* From the Critic. Puck's exclamation, jf What fools these mortals be ! " rises... | |
 | 1845 - 778 sider
...we hardly know which to place first. " Was there ever yet any thing written by mere man," said Dr. Johnson, " that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don Quixote, Robinson Cm-ioc, and the Pilgrim's Progress f" AVe have nothing to do with Don Quixote on this occasion, but... | |
 | James Hay - 1884 - 376 sider
..., . 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 ? — Piozzi's Anecdotes, p. 281. Subordination Your levellers wish to level doum as far as of Rank... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi, Richard Cumberland - 1884 - 468 sider
...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 '...Quixote,' ' Robinson Crusoe,' and the ' Pilgrim's Progress ? ' " After Homer's " Iliad," Mr. Johnson confessed that the work of Cervantes was the greatest in... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1887 - 232 sider
...authors." And he yet somewhere puts the strange inquiry,— Was there ever anything written by mere man, that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don...Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim's Progress) If these were his pet books, yet he was an omnivorous devourer of all sorts of books himself. Among... | |
 | 1889 - 450 sider
...could ever possibly arrive at the AM/ page; and that there never was anything written by mere man. that was wished longer by its readers, excepting "Don Quixote," "Robinson Crusoe," and the "Pilgrims' Progress.1' After Homer's "Iliad," he said, the work of Cervantes was the greatest in the... | |
 | 1888 - 438 sider
...could ever possibly arrive at the last page ; and that there never was anything written by mere man, that was wished longer by its readers, excepting "..." Robinson Crusoe," and the " Pilgrim's Progress." After Homer's " Iliad," he said, the work of Cervantes was the greatest in the world, as a book of... | |
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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? 
