 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 674 pages
...observed that the animals introduced in them seldom talked in character. " For instance," said be, " the fable of the little fishes who saw birds fly over their heads, and, envying them, petitioned to Jupiter to be changed into birds. The skill consists in making them talk like little fishes." Just... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1853 - 404 pages
...peculiarities. Talking of fables, Goldsmith observed that the animals introduced in them seldom talked in character. " For instance," said he, " the fable...petitioned Jupiter to be changed into birds. The skill consists in making them talk like little fishes." Just then observing that Dr. Johnson was shaking... | |
 | John Forster - 1854 - 578 pages
...Goldsmith, were together one day, when the latter said that he thought he could write a good fable ; mentioned the simplicity which that kind of composition...petitioned " Jupiter to be changed into birds. The skill," he continued, " consists in making them talk like little fishes." At this point he observed Johnson... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1854 - 430 pages
...was saying, one day, that he thought he could write a good fable, alluded to the simplicity which it requires, and observed that in most fables the animals...petitioned Jupiter to be changed into birds. The skill," he continued, " consists in making them talk like little fishes." At this, Johnson began to shake his... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Irish Literature (in English) - 1854 - 348 pages
...write a good fable : he mentioned the simplicity which that kind of composition requires, and remarked, that in most fables, the animals introduced seldom...petitioned Jupiter to be changed into birds : the skill consists in making them talk like little fishes." While he indulged himself in these speculations,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Natural history - 1854 - 614 pages
...peculiarities. Talking of fables, Goldsmith observed that the auimi 's introduced in them seldom talked in character. " For instance," said he, " the fable...petitioned Jupiter to be changed into birds. The skill consists in making them talk like little fishes." Just then, observing that Dr. Johnson was shaking... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1858 - 336 pages
...peculiarities. Talking of fables, Goldsmith observed that the animals introduced in them seldom talked in character. " For instance," said he, " the fable...fly over their heads, and, envying them, petitioned to Jupiter to be changed into birds. The skill consists in making them talk like little fishes." Just... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1860 - 422 pages
...was saying, one day, that he thought he could write a good fable, alluded to the simplicity which it requires, and observed that in most fables the animals...petitioned Jupiter to be changed into birds. The skill," he continued, " consists in making them talk like little fishes." At this, Johnson began to shake his... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1860 - 960 pages
...was in company with them one dav, when Goldsmith said, that he thought he could write a good fable, I would n intro1 I regretted that Dr. Johnson never took the trouble to study a question which interested nations.... | |
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the fable of the little fishes, who saw birds fly over their heads and, envying them, petitioned Jupiter to be changed into birds. The skill," continued ht;, " consists in making them talk like little fishes. 
