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The life of Samuel Johnson - Página 731
por James Boswell - 1820
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The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 2

1793 - 450 páginas
...that well deferves to be recorded." Of a certain noble Lord he faid, " Refpeft him you could not j for he had no mind of his own. Love him you could...not, for that which you could do with him, every one elfe could." Of Dr Goldfmith he faid, " No man was more fooliih when he had not a pen in his hand,...
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Dr. Johnson's Table Talk: Containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1798 - 464 páginas
...up their fhoulders, and fay, ' His memory is going."* .<* Of a certain noble Lord he faid, " Refpecl him you could not ; for he had no mind of his own...; for that which you could do with him, every one elfe could." Being afked by a young nobleman, what was become of the gallantry and military fpirit...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 3

James Boswell - 1807 - 562 páginas
...utmost avidity, and said, ' It is a life well written, and that well deserves to be recorded. ' ' " Of a certain noble Lord, he said, ' Respect him, you could...He told in his lively manner the following literary anecdote : ' Green and Guthrie, an Irishman and a Scotchman, undertook a translation of Duhalde's history...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and ..., Volume 4

James Boswell - 1807 - 532 páginas
...utmost avidity, and said, ' It is a life well written, and that well deserves to be recorded." " Of a certain noble Lord, he said, ' Respect him, you could...not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had." of expectation. The gentleman provoked at his inordinate vanity, resolved not to indulge it, and with...
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Dr. Johnson's table-talk: aphorisms [&c.] selected and arranged ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 páginas
...discovered in an old man, people will shrug up their shoulders, and say, ' His memory is going.'" Of a certain noble Lord, he said, " Respect him you could...which you could do with him, every one else could." Being asked by a young nobleman, what was become of the gallantry and military spirit of the old English...
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Dr. Johnson's table-talk: aphorisms [&c.] selected and arranged ..., Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 238 páginas
...superficial observer than characters of nature, where a man must dive into the recesses of the human heart." Of Dr. Goldsmith he said, " No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, nor more wise when he had." Of Goldsmith's ' Traveller,' he said, " There has not been so fine a poem...
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The provok'd husband, by Sir J. Vanbrugh and C. Cibber. The conscious lovers ...

James Plumptre - 1812 - 552 páginas
...reflectiony and whhout a <( sufficient knowledge of the subject; which made " Johnson observe of him, " No man was more foolish " when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise " when he had."* Indeed with all hrs defects, (to con" elude nearly in the words of that great critic,+) " As » BosweH's...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 428 páginas
...reflection, and without a sufficient knowledge of the subject ; which made Johnson observe of him, " No man was more foolish " when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise " when he had.'* Indeed with all his defects, (to conclude nearly in the words of that great critic,f) " As a writer...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 510 páginas
...reflection, and without a sufficient knowledge of the subject; which made Johnso'ti observe of him, i No man was more^ foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.' Indeed, with all his defects (to -conclude nearly in the words of that great critic), as a writer he...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

1814 - 510 páginas
...reflection, and without a sufficient knowledge of the subject; which made Johnson observe of him, ' No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.' Indeed, with all his defects (to conclude nearly in the words of that great critic), as a writer he...
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