 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 560 oldal
...friend who had the ftone to moot himfelf ! Upon hearing a lady of his acquaintance com- : I mended for her learning, he faid, — A man is in general...handkerchief as well as compofe a poem. He thought fhe was too referved in converfation upon fubje&s (he was fo eminently able to converfe upon, which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 534 oldal
...mentioned with any temper : — A man, faid he, who endeavoured to perfuade his friend who had the ftone to Ihoot himfelf ! Upon hearing a lady of his acquaintance...faid he, could make a pudding, as' well as tranflate Epidletus from the Greek, and work a handkerchief as well as compofe a poem. He thought fhe was too... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 oldal
...Johnson, upon hearing a lady commended for her learning, said : — ' A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when his wife talks Greek. My old friend, Mrs. Carter, could make a pudding as well as translate Epictetus.' Johnson's Works ( 1787), xi. 205. Johnson, joining... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 oldal
...Johnson, upon hearing a lady commended for her learning, said : — ' A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when his wife talks Greek. My old friend, Mrs. Carter, could make a pudding as well as translate Epictetus.' Johnson's Works ( 1787), xi. 205. Johnson, joining... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 600 oldal
...lady of his acquaintance commended for her learning, he said, " A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when his wife talks Greek. My old friend Mrs. Carter," he added, " could make a pudding as well as translate Epictetus from the Greek, and work a handkerchief... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 570 oldal
...lady of his acquaintance commended for her learning, he said, " A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when his wife talks Greek. My old friend Mrs. Carter," he added, " could make a pudding as well as translate Epictetus from the Greek, and work a handkerchief... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 366 oldal
...lady of his acquaintance commended for her learning, he said, " A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than •when...his wife talks Greek. My old friend, Mrs. Carter," he added, " could make a pudding as well as translate Epictetus from the Greek, and work a handkerchief... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1836 - 656 oldal
...lady of his acquaintance commended for her learning, he said, " A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when...his wife talks Greek. My old friend, Mrs. Carter," he added, " could make a pudding as well as translate Epictetus from the Greek, and work a handkerchief... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 546 oldal
...lady of his acquaintance commended for her learning, he said, " A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when...his wife talks Greek. My old friend, Mrs. Carter," he added, " could make a pudding as well as translate Epictetus from the Greek, and work a handkerchief... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 544 oldal
...lady of his acquaintance commended for her learning, he said, " A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when...his wife talks Greek. My old friend, Mrs. Carter," he added, " could make a pudding as well as translate Epictetus from the Greek, and work a handkerchief... | |
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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when his wife talks Greek. 
