| 1830 - 622 pages
...reputation of a collector and editor of ancient reliques of the Greek drama. According to Dr Monk, ' he seems to have been the first person ' who understood the power which may be exerciied over liter. i' ture by a reviewer.' By the freedom of his strictures in various publications,... | |
| James Henry Monk - 1833 - 466 pages
...foremost rank in all those different departments. He seems to have been the His skin as 3, reviewer. first person who understood the power which may be exercised over literature by a reviewer. He had formerly been the principal writer of the Bibliotheque Universelle, and for two or three years... | |
| 1844 - 792 pages
...Mr. Hallam, in his Introduction to the Literature of Europe, vol. iv. p. 145. First edit. Bishop Monk observes, that Le Clerc " seems to have been the first...by a reviewer." Life of Bentley, p. 209. This may be true, especially as he was nearly the first reviewer, and certainly better than his predecessors.... | |
| 1844 - 742 pages
...lulluni, in his Introduction to the Literature of Europe, vol. iv. p. 145. First edit. Bishop Monk observes, that Le Clerc " seems to have been the first person who understood the power which may be exercined over literature by a reviewer." Life of Bentley, p. 309. This may be true, especially as... | |
| Henry Hallam - 1847 - 490 pages
...like a practised sportsman, brings down his game." 25. The most remarkable progress made * Bishop Monk observes, that Le Clerc " seems to have been the first...exercised over literature by a reviewer."— Life of Benlley, p. 209. This may be true, especially as he was nearly the first reviewer, and certainly better... | |
| William Clark Russell - 1871 - 550 pages
...charm which is always produced by the characteristic workings of genius. — Edinburgh Review, 1830. He seems to have been the first person who understood...which may be exercised over literature by a reviewer. — Dr. Monk. Many things now familiar to young academics (thanks to the labours of Dawes, and Bumey,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1889 - 316 pages
...estimate the and critic, but pretended to the foremost rank in all those different departments. He seems to have been the first person who understood...which may be exercised over literature by a reviewer." — Monk's Life of Bentley, i. 267. Johnson, who at one time had a scheme for a Literary Journal, wrote... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1889 - 286 pages
...estimate the and critic, but pretended to the foremost rank in all those different departments. He seems to have been the first person who understood...which may be exercised over literature by a reviewer." — Monk's Life of Bentley, i. 267. Johnson, who at one time had a scheme for a Literary Journal, wrote... | |
| Harold A. Innis - 2007 - 287 pages
...became the basis of the later criticism of Voltaire and the Encyclopaedists. Le Clerc was probably "the first person who understood the power which may be exercised over literature by a reviewer" (Hallam citing Bishop Monk). As a refugee Descartes worked out his philosophy and destroyed the influence... | |
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