 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
 | John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1858 - 434 oldal
...Boswell we read, " 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...had engagements for three months.' Goldsmith, ' And а тегу dull fellow.' Johnson, ' Why, no, Sir.'" No, Qoldy, he was just the reverse of. a dull... | |
 | John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1858 - 426 oldal
...Boswell we read, " 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...pleasing, will be very generally invited in London. The inan Sterne, I have been told, has had engagements for three months.' Goldsmith, 'And a very dull fellow.'... | |
 | John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1858 - 426 oldal
...a name, or who has the power of pleasing^ will be very generally invited in London. The mam Sternel I have been told, has had engagements for three months!...Goldsmith, ' And a very dull fellow.' Johnson, ' Why, ncj, Sir.' " No, Goldy, he was just the reverse of a dull fellow, heartless, shallow, vain as yourself,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 492 oldal
...shield of truth." It having been observed that there was little hospitality in Loudon : JOHNSON. " Nay, Sir, any man who has a name, or who has the power...that for several years he lived much with Charles Townshend,z and that he ventured to tell him he was a bad joker. JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, thus much I can... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 oldal
...the shield of truth." It having been observed that there was little hospitality m London : JOHNSON. "Nay, Sir, any man who has a name, or who has the...And a very dull fellow." JOHNSON. " Why, no, Sir." ' An eminent public character 3 being mentioned : JOHNSON. " I remember being present when he showed... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909 - 882 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 power..."And a very dull fellow." Johnson: " Why, no, sir." ' — BOSWELL'S Life of Johnson. ' Her [Miss Monckton's] vivacity enchanted the sage, and they used... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1867 - 334 oldal
...which needed it most! "It having been observed that there was little hospitality in London — Johnson: 'Nay, Sir, any man who has a name, or who has the...'And a very dull fellow.' Johnson: 'Why, no, Sir.'" — BOSWELL'S Life of Johnson. * "' Tristram Shandy' is still a greater object of admiration, the man... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1867 - 476 oldal
...and ready to throw his periwig in the face of the audience."—GBAY'S Letters, June 22nd, 1760. II It having been observed that there was little hospitality...a name, or who has the power of pleasing, will be rery generally invited in London. The man, Sterne, I have been told, has had engagements for three... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 410 oldal
...than when in possession of the cynical old curate of Meudon,* — the more than rival of Johnson : ' Nay, sir, any man who has a name, or who has the power...'And a very dull fellow." Johnson: 'Why, no, sir.'" — BOSWELL'S Life of Johnson. " Her [Miss Monckton's] vivacity enchanted the sage, and they used to... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 414 oldal
...than when in possession of the cynical old curate of Meudon,* — the more than rival of Johnson : ' Nay, sir, any man who has a name, or who has the power...And a very dull fellow.' Johnson: 'Why, no, sir.' "— BOSWELL'S Life of Johnson. " Her [Miss Monckton's] vivacity enchanted the sage, and they used... | |
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