. Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, baronial, municipal, and popular antiquities . s, subsequently Bishop of Salisbury, whodistinguished himself by his critical sagacity in detecting Laudersforgeries relating to Milton ; Garrick (Fig. 2444), Reynolds () and many others. Let us observe, in passing, that neitherBurke nor Reynolds, nor Garrick, were among the men whoesteemed Goldsmith too lightly, as Johnson certainly was, thoughof course his views are not to be confounded with the views ofBoswell and his class. Put any particular work of Goldsmithsbefore Johnson,
. Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, baronial, municipal, and popular antiquities . s, subsequently Bishop of Salisbury, whodistinguished himself by his critical sagacity in detecting Laudersforgeries relating to Milton ; Garrick (Fig. 2444), Reynolds () and many others. Let us observe, in passing, that neitherBurke nor Reynolds, nor Garrick, were among the men whoesteemed Goldsmith too lightly, as Johnson certainly was, thoughof course his views are not to be confounded with the views ofBoswell and his class. Put any particular work of Goldsmithsbefore Johnson, and he was literally sure to speak of it as favour-ably as any one; but the common error of dissociating a man fromhis writings was clearly one of Johnsons errors, in weighing thecharacter and productions even of so dear a friend as Goldsmith. The portraits of Burke and Garrick especially are beyond allpraise. As to the statesman, it is but the literal truth to saythat nothino- has ever been written since Goldsmiths time, even inthe most laboured volumes, that has added anything essential to the 2 r 2.
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