| Samuel Johnson - 1798 - 464 oldal
...very puzzling manner, happened to fay, " I don't underftand you, Sir ;" upon which Johnfon ob/erved, " Sir, I have found you an argument ; but I am not obliged to find you an underftanding." Johnfon had a kind of general averfion to a pun. " He once, however (lays Mr. B.),... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 532 oldal
...nacious gentleman ; bis opponent, who had talkedin a very puzzling manner, happened to say, " I don't understand you, Sir ;" upon which Johnson observed,...Orford was often called,) Johnson allowed that he gottogether a great many curiouslittle things, and told them in an elegant manner. Mr. Walpole thought... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 oldal
...pertinacious gentleman, his opponent, who had talked in a very puzzling manner, happened to say, " I don't understand you, Sir;" upon which Johnson observed, " Sir, I have found you an argument; Imt I am not obliged to find you an understanding." He used to say, that he made it a constant rule... | |
| James Boswell - 1817 - 536 oldal
...gentleumu; hie opponent, who had talked in a very puzzling manner, happened to му, I don't understand yon, Sir; upon which Johnson observed, Sir, I have found you an argument ; but 1 am not obligedlo find you au understanding. шу mentioning it to him. He liked your compliment so... | |
| John Selden - 1818 - 678 oldal
...pertinacious gentleman, his opponent, who had talked in a very puzzling manner, happened to say, " I don't understand you, Sir;" upon which Johnson observed,...but I am not obliged to find you an understanding." He used to say, that he made it a constant rule to talk as well as he could, both as to sentiment and... | |
| James Boswell - 1820 - 550 oldal
...pertinacious gentleman; bis opponent, who had talked in a very puzzling inauner, happened to «ay, I don't understand you, Sir; upon which Johnson observed, Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am nut obligedlo find you an understanding. my mentioning it to him, He liked your compliment so well,... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - 378 oldal
...Warton, the late Laureat, observed, " It may have been written by Walpole, and Luckram'd by Mason." s understand you, sir;" upon which Johnson observed,...but I am not obliged to find you an understanding." . . He disapproved of Lord Hailes, for having modernised the language of the ever-memorable John Hales... | |
| James Boswell - 1822 - 506 oldal
...pertinacious gentleman ; his opponent, who had talked in a very puzzling manner, happened to say, " I don't understand you, Sir;" upon which Johnson observed,...understanding." Talking to me of Horry Walpole, (as Horace, now Earl of Orford, was often called,) Johnson allowed that he got together a great many curious little... | |
| Samuel Johnson, James Boswell - 1825 - 370 oldal
...pertinacious gentleman, his opponent, who had talked in a very puzzling manner, happened to say, "I don't understand you, sir;" upon which Johnson observed,...but I am not obliged to find you an understanding." He used to say, that he made it a constant rule to talk as well as he could, both as to sentiment and... | |
| James Boswell - 1826 - 444 oldal
...pertinacious gentleman; his opponent, who had talked in a very puzzling manner, happened to say, " I don't understand you, sir;" upon which Johnson observed,...understanding." Talking to me of Horry Walpole, (as Horace, now earl of Orford, was often called,) Johnson allowed that he got together a great many curious little... | |
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