 Why, Sir, if you were to read Richardson for the story, your impatience would be so much fretted that you would hang yourself. But you must read him for the sentiment, and consider the story as only giving occasion to the sentiment.  The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Página 193por James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 560 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
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...and it is almost certain he could not have seen it. ' Why, sir,' said Johnson one day to Erskine, ' if you were to read Richardson for the story, your...the story as only giving occasion to the sentiment.' This is not true of Richardson, whose ' Clarissa Harlowe,' despite its vast length, is one of the most... | |
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