…Elia' might perhaps be be the finest collection of essays in the English language, Macaulay( whose essay on Warren Hastings is a masterpiece of English prose), William Hazlitt, even Dr Johnson (His 'Lives of the poets' is essentially a large collection of brilliant essays) and Joseph Addison.
…keeps a pretty firm thumb on the scales. Marvin Mudrick remarked that Boswell's Tour of Corsica was very good--I wouldn't know, for I haven't read it. And Tour of the Hebrides is very good. Johnson's Lives of the Poets is a good place to start with him, I think.
I would recommend Samuel Johnson's "Lives of the Poets", a similar collection of biographies of English poets. Johnson points out good stuff from each of these poets works as well. His vigorous style of writing packed with wit as usual. He mentions that…
……《伊利亚随笔》或许算得上是英语文学中最顶尖的散文集了，还有麦考利（他那篇关于沃伦·哈斯廷斯的随笔堪称英国散文的杰作）、威廉·赫兹利特，甚至是约翰逊博士（他的《诗人传》本质上就是一大批绝妙随笔的合集）以及约瑟夫·艾迪生。
…Elia' might perhaps be be the finest collection of essays in the English language, Macaulay( whose essay on Warren Hastings is a masterpiece of English prose), William Hazlitt, even Dr Johnson (His 'Lives of the poets' is essentially a large collection of brilliant essays) and Joseph Addison.
……天平明显偏得厉害。马文·穆德里克曾评价博斯韦尔的《科西嘉之旅》非常精彩——我没读过所以不好说。而《赫布里底群岛之旅》确实棒极了。要想了解约翰逊，我觉得从他的《诗人传》开始读是个不错的选择。
…keeps a pretty firm thumb on the scales. Marvin Mudrick remarked that Boswell's Tour of Corsica was very good--I wouldn't know, for I haven't read it. And Tour of the Hebrides is very good. Johnson's Lives of the Poets is a good place to start with him, I think.
我会推荐塞缪尔·约翰逊的《诗人传》，这是一部类似的英国诗人传记合集。约翰逊在点评每位诗人作品时也指出了很多亮点。文风一如既往地苍劲有力、机智过人。他提到说……
I would recommend Samuel Johnson's "Lives of the Poets", a similar collection of biographies of English poets. Johnson points out good stuff from each of these poets works as well. His vigorous style of writing packed with wit as usual. He mentions that…