 | 1836 - 564 pages
...here, I burst out a-crying, and even swore that I would never write again." " All which, Doctor," said Johnson, amazed at his odd frankness, " I thought...between you and me ; and I am sure I would not have said anything about it for the world." ' — Ibid. pp. 166-168. We must leave untouched Mr. Prior's remarks... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1842 - 544 pages
...anguish of my heart: but when all were gone except Johnson here, I burst out a crying, and even swore that I would never write again." "All which, Doctor,"...between you and me; and I am sure I would not have said anything about it for the world." " Now see," repeated he, when he told the story, " what a figure... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1842 - 546 pages
...anguish of my heart: but when all were gone except Johnson here, I burst out a crying, and even swore that I would never write again." "All which, Doctor,"...between you and me; and I am sure I would not have said anything about it for the world." " Now see," repeated he, when he told the story, "what a figure a... | |
 | American literature - 1855 - 602 pages
...swore that I would never write again." "All which," remarked Johnson, taking up the conversation, " I thought had been a secret between you and me ; and I am sure I would not have said anything about it for the world." When his own " Irene" met with just such a dubious reception, and... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 740 pages
...amazement while Goldsmith made the confession, and then confirmed it. 'All which, Doctor,' he said, 'I thought had been a secret between you and ' me ; and I am sure I would not have said anything about 'it, for the world.' That is very certain. No man so unlikely as Johnson, when he had... | |
 | Joachim Fernau - 1848 - 736 pages
...amazement while Goldsmith made the confession, and then confirmed it. 'All which, Doctor,' he said, 'I thought had been a secret between you and ' me ; and I am sure I would not have said anything about 'it, for the world.' That is very certain. No man so unlikely as Johnson, when he had... | |
 | John Forster - Authors, English - 1848 - 1294 pages
...amazement while Goldsmith made the confession, and then confirmed it. 'All which, Doctor,' he said, 'I thought had been a secret between you and ' me ; and I am sure I would not have said anything about 'it, for the world.' That is very certain. No man so unlikely as Johnson, when he had... | |
 | Washington Irving - Astoria (Or.) - 1849 - 416 pages
...self-accusation of poor Goldsmith. When the latter had come to a pause, "All this, doctor," said he dryly, "I thought had been a secret between you and me, and...would not have said any thing about it for the world." But Goldsmith had no secrets: his follies, his weaknesses, his errors were all thrown to the surface;... | |
 | 1849 - 770 pages
...again.' " Johnson was amazed at Goldsmith's simplicity. . " All this, Doctor," said he, rather drily, " I thought had been a secret between you and me; and I am sure I would not have said anything about it for the world." The anecdote discovers, more than any other that is related of Goldsmith,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1850 - 558 pages
...here, I burst out a-crying, and even swore that I would never write again.' ' All which, Doctor,' said Johnson, amazed at his odd frankness, ' I thought...would not have said any thing about it for the world.' " — PIOZzI.] PROLOGUE WRITTEN BY DR. JOHNSON; Spoken by Mr. Berisley* PRESS'D by the load of life,... | |
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I was suffering horrid tortures (said he), and verily believe that if I had put a bit into my mouth it would have strangled me on the spot, I was so excessively ill ; but I made more noise than usual to cover all that, and so they never perceived my not... 
