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" The life of Dr. Parnell is a task which I should very willingly decline, since it has been lately written by Goldsmith, a man of such variety of powers, and such felicity of performance, that he always seemed to do best that which he was doing; a man... "
The European Magazine, and London Review - Seite 311
1816
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The Monuments of Egypt, Or, Egypt a Witness for the Bible

Francis Lister Hawks - 1850 - 356 Seiten
...Prior, and the only complete collection of the writings of a man, to use the language of Dr. Johnson, 'of such variety of powers, and such felicity of performance,...doing : a man who had the art of being minute without tcdiousness, and general without confusion; whose language was copious without exuberance, eiact without...
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History of the Polk Administration

Lucien Bonaparte Chase - 1850 - 574 Seiten
...Prior, and the only complete collection of the writings of a man, to use the language of Dr. Johnron, ' of such variety of powers. and such felicity of performance,...doing : a man who had the art of being minute without tediousness, and general without confusion ; whose language was copious without exuberance, exact without...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Including a Variety of ..., Band 1

Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1850 - 602 Seiten
...both in verse and prose, as an English classic — " a man," to use the expressions of Dr. Johnson, " of such variety of powers, and such felicity of performance,...doing ; a man who had the art of being minute without tediousness, and general without confusion ; whose language was copious without exuberance, exact without...
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History of the Polk Administration

Lucien Bonaparte Chase - 1850 - 576 Seiten
...Prior, and Ihe only complete collection of the writings of a man, to use the language of Dr. Jnhnron, 'of such variety of powers, and such felicity of performance,...that he always seemed to do best that which he was dolng: a man who had the art of being minute without lediousnees, and general without confusion ; whose...
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A System of Mineralogy: Comprising the Most Recent Discoveries: Including ...

James Dwight Dana - 1850 - 800 Seiten
...Prior, and the only complete collection of the writings of a man, to use the language of Dr. Juhnion. 'of such variety of powers, and such felicity of performance, that he always seemed to do best that which he wait doing : a man who had the art of being minute without tediousness, and general without contusion...
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Poems, Plays and Essays

Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 476 Seiten
...admitted as the model of perfection, and the standard of the English language. Dr. Johnson says, " Goldsmith was a man of such variety of powers, and such felicity of performance, that he seemed to excel in whatever he attempted ; a man who had the art of being minute without tediousness,...
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The Beauties of J. T. Headley: With a Sketch of His Life

Joel Tyler Headley - 1851 - 200 Seiten
...hereafter, than the productions of the Rev. Joel Tyler Headley. Of him it may not only be said that he " is a man of such variety of powers and such felicity of performance, that he always seems to do best what he is doing" — but it may be added, that he always does that which he is doing,...
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Lives of the Illustrious: (the Biographical Magazine)., Band 2

1852 - 372 Seiten
...for ever. "He was a man of such variety of powers, and of such felicty of performance," says Johnson, "that he always seemed to do best that which he was doing. Let not his frailties be remembered i— he was a very great man." But we rather say with Washington...
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Goldsmith's Natural history, with notes collected, with a life of O ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - 1254 Seiten
...everything he has to say in a pleasing manner." In his works the Doctor has pronounced him to be, " A man of such variety of powers, and such felicity...was doing ; a man who had the art of being minute withont tediousness, and general without confusion ; whose language was copious without exhuberance,...
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The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With a Life and Notes, Band 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 348 Seiten
...is a task which I should very willingly decline, since it has been lately written by Goldsmith — a man of such variety of powers, and such felicity...— a man who had the art of being minute without tediousness, and general without confusion ; whose language was copious without exuberance, exact without...
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