...could not ; for that which you could do with him, every one else could." " Of Dr. Goldsmith he said, ' No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had." " He told in his lively manner the following literary anecdote : ' Green and Guthrie, an Irishman and...

...could not ; for that which you could do with him, every one else could." " Of Dr. Goldsmith he said, ' No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had." of expectation. The gentleman provoked at his inordinate vanity, resolved not to indulge it, and with...

...of nature, where a man must dive into the recesses of the human heart." Of Dr. Goldsmith he said, " No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, nor more wise when he had." Of Goldsmith's ' Traveller,' he said, " There has not been so fine a poem...

...knowledge of the subject ; which made Johnson observe of him, " No man was more foolish when he " bad not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he " had *." Indeed, with all his defects, (to conclude nearly in the words of that great critic t,) " As a...

...reflectiony and whhout a <( sufficient knowledge of the subject; which made " Johnson observe of him, " No man was more foolish " when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise " when he had."* Indeed with all hrs defects, (to con" elude nearly in the words of that great critic,+) " As » BosweH's...

...reflection, and without a sufficient knowledge of the subject ; which made Johnson observe of him, " No man was more foolish " when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise " when he had.'* Indeed with all his defects, (to conclude nearly in the words of that great critic,f) " As a writer...

...reflection, and without a sufficient knowledge of the subject; which made Johnso'ti observe of him, i No man was more^ foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.' Indeed, with all his defects (to -conclude nearly in the words of that great critic), as a writer he...

...reflection, and without a sufficient knowledge of the subject; which made Johnson observe of him, ' No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.' Indeed, with all his defects (to conclude nearly in the words of that great critic), as a writer he...

...Protector ; and he, also, claimed kindred with that of General Wolfe. . * " No man," said Johnson, " was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had." By Garrick he was severely, but not very inaccurately, characterised in his fable of ' Jupiter and...

...you could not ; for that which you could do with him, every one else could. Uf Or. Goldsmith he said, No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had. He told in his lively manner the following literary ancedote : Green and Guthrit-, an Irishman and...