 It having been observed that there was little hospitality in London ; JOHNSON. " Nay, Sir, any man who has a name, or who has the power of pleasing, will be very generally invited in London. The man, Sterne, I have been told, has had engagements for three...  Boswell's Life of Johnson - 200. oldalszerző: James Boswell - 1917 - 574 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1889 - 554 oldal
...possession of the cynical old curate of Meudoii,* — the more than rival of the Dean of St. Patrick's, power of pleasing, will be very generally invited...And a very dull fellow." Johnson : ' Why, no sir.' " — BOSWKLL'S Life of Johnson. "Her [Miss Monckton'sl vivacity enchanted the sage, and they used... | |
 | Henry James Nicoll - 1889 - 636 oldal
...a fortnight before. " Any man who has a name," said Johnson in a conversation recorded by Boswell, "or who has the power of pleasing, will be very generally...been told, has had engagements for three months." " And a very dull fellow, too," replied Goldsmith, with perhaps a touch of jealousy. "Why, no, sir,"... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 oldal
...the shield of truth." It having been observed that there was Utile hospitality in London; JOHNSON: "Nay, Sir, any man who has a name, or who has the...that for several years he lived much with Charles Townshcnd, and that he ventured to tell him he was a bad joker. JOHNSON : "Why, Sir, thus much I can... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1891 - 474 oldal
...22nrf, 1760. " It having been observed that there was little hospitality in London — Johnson = 'Kay, sir, any man who has a name, or who has the power...Goldsmith: ' And a very dull fellow.' Johnson: 'Why, no, sic' " — BOSWELL'S Life of Johnson. " Her [Miss Monckton's] vivacity enchanted the sage, and they... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1891 - 498 oldal
...June 22nd, 1760. " It having been observed that there was little hospitality in London — Johnson: 'Nay, sir, any man who has a name, or who has the...engagements for three months.' Goldsmith: ' And a very dnll fellow.' Johnson: 'Why, no, sit' " — Bos WELL'S Life of Johnson. " Her [Miss Monckton's] vivacity... | |
 | William Allingham - 1893 - 396 oldal
...much better. ' It having been observed that there was little hospitality in London — JOHNSON : " Nay, sir, any man who has a name, or who has the power...very generally invited in London. The man Sterne, I am told, has had engagements for three months." GOLDSMITH : "And a very dull fellow." JOHNSON: "Why,... | |
 | William Allingham - 1893 - 396 oldal
...better. ' It having been observed that there was little hospitality in London — JOHNSON : " Nay, six, any man who has a name, or who has the power of pleasing,...very generally invited in London. The man Sterne, I am told, has had engagements for three months." GOLDSMITH : "And a very dull fellow." JOHNSON: "Why,... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1894 - 308 oldal
...invitations ; in fact he Shandied it with excellent effect. ' Any man who has a name,' said Dr. Johnson, ' or who has the power of pleasing, will be very generally invited in London. The man Sterne, I am told, has had engagements for three months.' There is a certain scorn in the utterance, though when... | |
 | John Morley - 1894 - 626 oldal
...was several years after (in 1773) that Dr. Johnson, by way of fortifying his very just remark that "any man who has a name or who has the power of pleasing will be generally invited in London," observed gruffly that " the man Sterne," he was told, " had had engagements... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1895 - 308 oldal
...invitations ; in fact he Shandied it with excellent effect. ' Any man who has a name,' said Dr. Johnson, ' or who has the power of pleasing, will be very generally invited in London. The man Sterne, I am told, has had engagements for three months.' There is a certain scorn in the utterance, though when... | |
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