| James Boswell - 1824 - 482 pages
...written, and that well deserves to be recorded.' ': " Of a certain noble Lord, he said, ' Respect him, you could not ; for he had no mind of his own. Love...could.'" " Of Dr. Goldsmith he said, ' No man was more other, affected then not to attend to it. But by and by, when there was a general silence, and he thought... | |
| Samuel Johnson, James Boswell - Table-talk - 1825 - 370 pages
...their shoulders, and say, ' His memory is going.' " Of a certain noble lord, he said, " Respect him you could not ; for he had no mind of his own: love...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... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 440 pages
...argued alone. The same circumstance was noticed by Johnson, and gave rise to the observation, « that no man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.u If it must be admitted that Goldsmith had no talent for oral display, it will not be disputed... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1826 - 444 pages
...written, and that well deserves to be recorded.'" " Of a certain noble lord, he said, ' Respect him you could not ; for he had no mind of his own. Love...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... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1827 - 622 pages
...written, and that well deserves to be recorded.' " " Of a certain noble Lord, he said, ' Respect him, lified in him. On Sunday, April U», being Easter-day, anecdote : ' Green oiiduuthrie, an Irishman and a Scotchman, under4 "terîîî ы>' hM favoured me... | |
| James Boswell - 1827 - 576 pages
...written, and that well deserves to be recorded.' " " Of a certain noble Lord, he said, ' Respect him, you could not ; for he had no mind of his own. Love him you could not ; tor that which you could do w'ith him, every one else could.' " " Of Dr. Goldsmith he said, ' No... | |
| John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...Johnson, who, with a perfect knowledge of his character and failings, sincerely loved the man, has said,—" No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, nor more wise when he had." It is not less surprising to find, that a man so exquisitely alive to the... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 pages
...argued alone. The same circumstance was noticed by Johnson, and gave rise to the observation, " that Can you bear witness that you're no better than a fool 1 hod." If it must be admitted that Goldsmith had no • talent for oral display, it will not be disputed... | |
| James Boswell - 1831 - 584 pages
...written, and that well deserves to be recorded.' " Of a certain noble lord', he said, ' Respect him you could not; for he had no mind of his .own. Love...told, in his lively manner, the following literary anecdote:—' Green and Guthrie, an Irishman and a Scotchman, undertook a translation of Duhalde's... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1831 - 592 pages
...written, and that well deserves to be recorded.' " Of a certain noble lord 1, he said, ' Respect him you could not ; for he had no mind of his own. Love...when he had.' " He told, in his lively manner, the followingliterary anecdote : — ' Green and Guthrie, an Irishman and a Scotchman, undertook a translation... | |
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