| James Boswell - 1791 - 564 páginas
..." Ah, Sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitternefs which they miftook for frolick. I was miferably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit; fo I difregarded all power and all authority." The Bifhop of Dromore obferves in a letter to me, "... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 496 páginas
...to Padua. — And I'll mind my business. For an Athenian blockhead is the worst of all blockheads."1 Dr. Adams told me that Johnson, while he was at Pembroke...wit ; so I disregarded all power and all authority." The Bishop of Dromore observes in a letter to me, " The pleasure he took in vexing the tutors and fellows... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 648 páginas
...rooms, I thought the devil would appear to me every stair I went up.' Tyerman's Whitefield, i. 20. account as given me by Dr. Adams, he said, ' Ah, Sir,...wit ; so I disregarded all power and all authority V The Bishop of Dromore observes in a letter to me, ' The pleasure he took in vexing the tutors and... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 640 páginas
...would appear to me every stair I went up.' Tyerman's Whitefield, i. 20. account 86 Dr. Adams. [AD 1730. account as given me by Dr. Adams, he said, ' Ah, Sir,...literature and my wit ; so I disregarded all power and all authority3.' The Bishop of Dromore observes in a letter to me, 'The pleasure he took in vexing the... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 514 páginas
...him, was a gay and frolicksome fellow, and passed there the happiest part of his life." But this ia a striking proof of the fallacy of appearances, and...they mistook for frolick. I was miserably poor, and 1 thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit; so I disregarded all power and all authority."... | |
| Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 686 páginas
...Pembroke, he answered, " Ah ! Sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness that they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way...; so I disregarded all power, and all authority." Even such a rebel against college discipline Swift appears to have been, under similar circumstances;... | |
| Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 páginas
...him by Mr Boswell, shows how fallacious it is to estimate human happiness by external appearances: " Ah, Sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit ; so I disregarded... | |
| James Boswell - 1817 - 466 páginas
...Adams, he said, " Ah, Sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterns:ss which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way...literature and my wit; so I disregarded all power aad all authority." The Bishop of Dromore observes in a letter to me, " The pleasure betook in vexing... | |
| James Boswell - 1820 - 442 páginas
...scarce a blot or erasure, drew this observation from him. which they mistook for frolic. I was minerably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature...wit; so I disregarded all power and all authority." The Bishop of Droraore observes in a letter to me, " The pleasure betook in vexing the tutors and fellows... | |
| James Boswell - 1820 - 372 páginas
...depressed by poverty, and irritated by disease. When Boswell mentioned to him this account, as given him by Dr. Adams, he said, " Ah, sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit ; so I disgregarded... | |
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