...what is this ? what is that ? why is a cow's tail long ? why is a fox's tail bushy ? ' The gentleman, who was a good deal out of countenance, said, ' Why,...sir, you are so good, that I venture to trouble you.' ' Sir, my being so good is no reason why you should be so ill.'" I am afraid the worthy essayist forgot...

...sir," replied pil-garlick, "you are so good that I venture to trouble you." " Sir," replied Johnson, " my being so good is no reason why you should be so ill." " You have but two topies, sir ;" exclaimed he on another occasion, " yourself and me, and I am sick...

...what is this ? what is that ? why is a cove's tail long? why is a fox's tail bushy?" The gentleman, who was a good deal out of countenance, said, " Why,...being so good is no reason why you should be so ill" But even Boswell could not at times question him with impunity. On one occasion Boswell had, in company,...

...what is this ? what is that ? why is a cow's tail long? why is a fox's tail bushy?" The gentleman, who was a good deal out of countenance, said, " Why,...my being so good is no reason why you should be so *'//." But even Boswell could not at times question him with impunity. On one occasion Boswell had,...

...what is this ? what is that ? why is a cow's tail long ? why is a fox's tail bushy ? " The gentleman, who was a good deal out of countenance, said, " Why, Sir, you are so good that be considered as the reverse of Phceax, of whom, as Plutarch relates in the Life of Alcibiades, Eupolis...

...sir," replied pil-garlick, "you are so good that I venture to trouble you." " Sir," replied Johnson, "my being so good is no reason why you should be so ill." "You have but two topics, sir;" exclaimed he on another occasion, " yourself and me, and I am sick...

...; what is this? what is that? why is a cow's tail long? why is a fox's tail bushy?' The gentleman, who was a good deal out of countenance, said, ' Why,...punished, by being confined to labour, he said, ' I do not sec that they are punished by this: they must have worked equally had they never been guilty of stealing4....

...what is this ? what is that ? why is a cow's tail long ? why is a fox's tail bushy?' The gentleman, who was a good deal out of countenance, said, ' Why,...my being so good is no reason why you should be so HL' Talking of the Justitia hulk at Woolwich, in which criminals were punished, by being confined to...

...continues of himself: "The gentleman,, "who was a good deal out of countenance, said, ' Why, sir, yon are so good, that I " ' venture to trouble you.' JOHNSON...so good is no reason why you "'should be so ill.'" On another occasion there was what poor Boswell calls a "horrible shock." They were talking about the...

...what is this? what is that Ï why is a cow's tail long? why is a fox's tail bushy ? " The gentleman, who was a good deal out of countenance, said, " Why, Sir, you are so good, that I venture to trouble * Wishing to discover the ancient observation here referred to, I applied to Sir William Scott on the...