<正> 文人相轻不是中国的特产,语言大师的作品也会受到各种指责,许多指责出自名家之口。编了第一部英语大词典的约翰逊(Samuel Johnson)是这样评论密尔顿的《失乐园》的:Paradise Lost—No man wished it a minute longer.(谁也不希望《失乐园》再长一分钟了。)约翰逊对理查逊(Samuel Richardson)的小说也不无微词:That fellow Richardson could not be contented to sail quietlydown the stream of reputation without longing to taste the frothfrom every stroke of the oar.(理查逊那个家伙不满足于静心地享受荣誉的溪流,还想品味船桨激起的每一阵水花。)