 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 582 страници
...that it may the better please those who hear it.' ' The value of every story,' said Johnson, ' depends on its being true. A story is a picture either of...general ; if it be false, it is a picture of nothing.' HosweWs/oAnson, ii.433* For 'the natural desire of man to propagate a wonder' see ante, COWLEY, 5.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 712 страници
...them ; and that redress ought in such cases to be given. He said, "The value of every story depends on its being true. A story is a picture either of...for Italy, as he had to cross the Alps, sat down to VOL. i. u make himself wings. This many people would believe : but i would be a picture of nothing.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1917 - 612 страници
...them; and that redress ought in such cases to be given. He said, 'The value of every story depends on its being true. A story is a picture either of...nature in general: if it be false, it is a picture of 1776] VERACITY 265 nothing. For instance: suppose a man should tell that Johnson, before setting out... | |
 | Harold Nicolson - 1927 - 170 страници
...comes near to ourselves, what we can turn to use. . . ." a Or again: "The value of every story depends on its being true. A story is a picture either of an individual or of human nature in general. If it is false, it is a picture of nothing." 3 To Dr Johnson the whole interest of 1 Idler, No. 84, 24th... | |
 | James Boswell - 1928 - 670 страници
...them ; and that redress ought in such cases to be given. He said, "The value of every story depends on its being true. A story is a picture either of...out for Italy, as he had to cross the Alps, sat down t< \ . make himself wings. This many people would believe : but it would be a picture of nothing. *******... | |
 | Lorettus Sutton Metcalf, Walter Hines Page, Joseph Mayer Rice, Frederic Taber Cooper, Arthur Hooley, George Henry Payne, Henry Goddard Leach - 1887 - 726 страници
...inventions of "The Castle of Otranto" Dr. Johnson raised the formidable club of his logic. Said he, •' A story is a picture either of an individual or of...general. If it be false, it is a picture of nothing." The eccentric characters in "Evelina" were criticised sharply by Macaulav. " They are rare," said he,... | |
 | H. B. Nisbet, Claude Rawson - 2005 - 978 страници
...be the one that Johnson usually has in mind. 'The value of every story', he told Boswell, 'depends on its being true. A story is a picture either of...general: if it be false, it is a picture of nothing' (Life, II, p. 433). Whether the 'picture' represents a specific individual or the features that are... | |
 | James Boswell - 1998 - 1540 страници
...For instance: suppose a man should tell that Johnson, before setting out for 1 C'a dchtof kindness.'] Italy, as he had to cross the Alps, sat down to make...would believe; but it would be a picture of nothing. * ******1 (naming a worthy friend of ours,) used to think a story, a story, till I shewed him that... | |
 | Jeffrey O'Connell, Thomas E. O'Connell - 2008 - 208 страници
...crossed the Thames on March 1 6, 1 776, Johnson said to Boswell, "The value of every story depends on its being true. A story is a picture either of...nature in general: If it be false, it is a picture of nothing."35 Boswell sketches out a similar scene with Mrs. Thrale, Johnson, and himself: Next morning,... | |
 | André Maurois - 1966 - 210 страници
...loyalty towards one's hero, one may quote Doctor Johnson: "The value of every story," he said, "depends on its being true. A story is a picture either of...general : if it be false, it is a picture of nothing." Of course there may be cases in which it is painful to tell the truth, whether out of respect towards... | |
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The value of every story depends on its being true. A story is a picture either of an individual or of human nature in general: if it be false, it is a picture of nothing. 
