 Why,' said Johnson, smiling, and rolling himself about — ' that is, because, dearest, you're a dunce.' When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said with equal truth and politeness, 'Madam, if I had thought so, I certainly should not...  The Life of Samuel Johnson ...: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the ... - Página 472por James Boswell - 1910Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 540 páginas
...instance happened one evening, when she insisted that some of Sterne's writings were very pathetic. Johnson bluntly denied it. " I am sure," said she,...Another evening Johnson's kind indulgence towards me 1 Mr. Benjamin Stillingfleet, author of tracts relating to natural history, &c. He died Dec. 15, 1771,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1889 - 554 páginas
...instance happened one evening, when she insisted that some of Sterne's writings were very pathetic. Johnson bluntly denied it. ' I am sure," said she,...thought so, I certainly should not have said it.' " — Ibid. * A passage or two from Sterne's "Sermons" may not be without interest here. Is not the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1891 - 548 páginas
...instance happened one evening, when she insisted that some of Sterne's writings were very pathetick. Johnson bluntly denied it. ' I am sure, (said she,)...afterwards mentioned this to him, he said with equal 1 Miss Burney thus describes her: — 'She is between thirty and forty, very short, very fat, but handsome... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1891 - 474 páginas
...instance happened one evening, when she insisted that some of Sterne's writings were very pathetic. Johnson bluntly denied it. ' I am sure,' said she,...rolling himself about — ' that is, because, dearest, you 're a dunce.' When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said with equal truth and... | |
 | William Allingham - 1893 - 396 páginas
...Shandy did not last.'6 'She (Miss Monckton) insisted that some of Sterne's writings were very pathetic. Johnson bluntly denied it. " I am sure," said she,...Johnson, smiling, and rolling himself about, ' ' that is, dearest, because you are a dunce. ' ' ' ' His opinion of the Old Ballads, in which Bishop Percy threw... | |
 | William Henry Craig - 1895 - 300 páginas
...instance happened one evening when she insisted that some of Sterne's writings were very pathetick. Johnson bluntly denied it. ' I am sure ' (said she)...rolling himself about) ' that is because, dearest, you are a dunce.' When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said with equal truth and... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1896 - 510 páginas
...instance happened one evening, when she insisted that some of Sterne's writings were very pathetic. Johnson bluntly denied it ' I am sure,' said she,...rolling himself about — ' that is, because, dearest, you 're a dunce.' When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said with equal truth and... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1898 - 828 páginas
...instance happened one evening, when she insisted that some of Sterne's writings were very pathetic. Johnson bluntly denied it. 'I am sure,' said she,...she some time afterwards mentioned this to him. he satd with equal truth and politeness, ' Madam, if I had thought so, I certainly should not have said... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1899 - 500 páginas
...instance happened one evening, when she insisted that 'some of Sterne's writings were very pathetic. Johnson bluntly 'denied it. 'I am sure (said she)...rolling himself about), that is because, 'dearest, you are a dunce.' When she some time afterwards 'mentioned this to him, he said, with equal truth and... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1900 - 410 páginas
...instance happened one evening, when she insisted that some of Sterne's 35 writings were very pathetic. Johnson bluntly denied it. ' I am sure,' said she,...equal truth and politeness, ' Madam, if I had thought 40 so, I certainly should not have said it.' " — Ibid. t A passage or two from Sterne's Sermons may... | |
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