...History is better than the verbiage of Robertson, or the foppery of Dalrymple." BOSWELL. " Will you not admit the superiority of Robertson, in whose History...Joshua paints faces in a history-piece : he imagines an heroick countenance. You must look upon ^Robertson's work as romance, and try it by that standard....

...History is better than the verbiage of Robertson, or the foppery of Dalrymple." BOSWELL. "Will you not admit the superiority of Robertson, in whose History, we find such penetration — such painting 1" 1?73. JOHNSON. " Sir, you must consider how that penetra- ^^ tion and that painting are employed....

...Goldsmith's History is better than the verbiage of Robertson, or the foppery of Dalrymple."—B. " Will you not admit the superiority of Robertson, in whose History we find such penetration—such painting?"—J. " Sir, you must consider how that penetration and that painting...

...History is better than the verbiage of Robertson, or the foppery of Dalrymple." BOSWELL. " Will you not admit the superiority of Robertson, in whose History...how that penetration and that painting are employed. Ц is not history, it is imagination. He who describes what he never saw, draws from fancy. Robertson...

...Goldsmith's History is better than the verbiage of Robertson, or the foppery of Dalrymple." — B. " Will you not admit the superiority of Robertson, in whose History we find such penetration — such painting?" — J. " Sir, you must consider how that penetration and that painting are employed. - It is not history,...

...with the works of other historians of this age ?" JOHNSON. " Why, who are before him ?" BOSWELL. " Hume, — Robertson, — Lord Lyttelton." JOHNSON....describes what he never saw, draws from fancy. Robertson paint* minds, as sir Joshua paints faces in ahistory piece; he imagines an heroic countenance. You...

...History is better than the verbiage of Robertson, or the foppery of Dalrymple." BOSWELL. " Will you not admit the superiority of Robertson, in whose history...Joshua paints faces in a history-piece : he imagines an heroick countenance. You must look upon Robertson's work as romance, and try it by that standard....

...History is better than the verbiage of Robertson, or the foppery of Dalrymple." BOSWELL. " Will you not admit the superiority of Robertson, in whose history...Robertson paints minds, as sir Joshua paints faces in a history piece; he imagines an heroic countenance. You must look upon Robertson's work as romance, and...

...History is better than the verbiage of Robertson, or the foppery of Dalrymple." BOSWELL. " Will you not admit the superiority of Robertson, in whose history...Robertson paints minds, as sir Joshua paints faces in ahistory piece; he imagines an heroic countenance. You must look upon Robertson's work as romance,...

...History is better than the verbiage of Robertson, or the foppery of Dalrymple." Bos\vi:i, [.. " Will you not admit the superiority of Robertson, in whose History...penetration— such painting ?" JOHNSON. " Sir, you mnst consider how that penetration and that painting are employed. It is not history, it is imagination....