 | Walter Thornbury - 1892 - 606 páginas
...him in the witty words of one of Cibber's comedies, ' There is no arguing with Johnson ; for »'hen his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt-end of it.' He turned to the gentleman : ' Well, sir, go to Dominicetti, and get thyself including Edward, Duke... | |
 | John Morley - 1894 - 702 páginas
...the shadow. Of Carlyle, as of Johnson, it might have heen said, " There is no use arguing with him, for if his pistol misses fire he knocks you down with the butt:" both men would have benefited by revolt from their dictation, but the power to contradict either... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1894 - 688 páginas
...by mere vociferation or savage personality. "There is no arguing with Johnson," said Goldsmith ; " for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the but-end of it." He looked upon conversation as an intellectual wrestling, and delighted in it as a... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 80 páginas
...indeed, had the temerity to contend with Johnson. "There is no arguing with him," said Goldsmith; " for, if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt of it." The coarseness of the age, however, but brings into stronger relief the high moral tone... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1899 - 822 páginas
...opponent by mere vociferation or savage personality. " There is no arguing with Johnson," said Goldsmith; "for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the but-end of it." He looked upon conversation as an intellectual wrestling and delighted in it as a skilled... | |
 | 1900 - 674 páginas
...that came to hand. "There is no arguing with Johnson," said Goldsmith, quoting a phrase from Cibber, " for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt-end of it." Johnson's view of conversation is indicated by his remark about Burke. " That fellow," he said at a... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1900 - 304 páginas
...one of Cibber's comedies, say of his hero's conversation: "There is no arguing with Johnson; for when his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt-end of it."' iii. 87. If Johnson really believed what he said of Congreve, there is no more to be added than that... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 páginas
...to him in the witty words of one of Gibber's comedies: "There is no arguing with Johnson ; for when " I refute it thus." This was a stout exemplification of the firs He turned to the gentleman, " Well, Sir, go to Dominicetti, and get thyself fumigated; but be sure... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 556 páginas
...lively saying in one of Gibber's comedies, which puts this part of his character in a strong light. " There is no arguing with Johnson ; for if his pistol misses fire, he knacks you down with the but-end of it." Wednesday, 6th October. After a sufficiency of sleep, we assembled... | |
 | James Boswell - 1901 - 500 páginas
...lively saying in one of Cibber's comedies, whichputs this part of his character in a strong light — "There is no arguing with Johnson; for, if his pistol misses fire, he knocks yon down with the butt end of it." Wednesday, Oct. 6. — After a sufficiency of sleep, we assembled... | |
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There is no arguing with Johnson: for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it. 
