...will venture to fay, that if you compare him with Vertot, in the fame places of the Roman Hiftory, you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of faying every thing he has to fay in a pleafing manner. He is now writing a Natural Hiftory, and will...

...I will venture to &y, that if you compare him with Vertot, in the feme places of the Roman Hiftory, you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of faying every think he has to fay in a pleating manner. He is now writing a Natural Hiftory, and will...

...abridgement is better ^^"g^ 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 fihd that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying every thing he has to say...

...as much as his book will bold. Goldsmith has done this. He tells you shortly all you want to know. He has the art of compiling and of saying every thing he has to say i» a pleasing manner." How far this character is just, we will not pretend at this late period to...

...abridgement is better than that of Lucins Floras, or Eutropins ; and I will venture to say, that if you compare him with Vertot, in the same places of...you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the act of compiling, and of saying every thing he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing a...

...abridgement is better than that of Lucius Florus, or Eutropius ; and I will venture to say, that if yon compare him with Vertot, in the same places of the...the art of compiling, and of saying every thing he lias to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing a Natural History, and will make it as entertaining...

...Goldsmith's abridgement 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...has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing a Natural^History, and will make it as entertaining as a Persian Tale." I cannot dismiss the present...

...work that Johnson threw out the remark which he afterwards interwove in his friend's epitaph, — " He is now writing a Natural History, and will make it as agreeable as a Persian Tale." But the period of his labours was now near. Goldsmith had for some time...

...work that Johnson threw out the remark which he afterwards interwove in his friend's epitaph, — " He is now writing a Natural History, and will make it as agreeable as a Persian Tale." But the period of his labours was now near. Goldsmith had for some time...

...abridgement is better than that of Lucius Floras, or Eutropius ; and I will venture to say, that if you compare him with Vertot, in the same places of...Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying everything he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing a Natural History, and will make it...