 | 1926 - 1028 oldal
...thought of Dr. John.-on when he was asked to decide Iwtwecn the poetic merit» if Smart and Derrick, — 'Sir, there is no settling the point of precedency between a louse, and a flea.' — Ernest N сатан. 354 355 All the summer Kubelik composes himself. — Daily Paper. An executant's... | |
 | Colin Bingham - 1982 - 376 oldal
...gone to heaven, no doubt — but he won't like God. RL STEVENSON, WHEN MATTHEW ARNOLD DIED IN 1888 Sir, there is no settling the point of precedency between a louse and a flea. SAMUEL JOHNSON Maurice Morgann had asked the great man whether he reckoned Herrick or Smart the greater... | |
 | Irma S. Lustig - 308 oldal
...mind is perpetual" (2: 450). When asked whether Derrick or Smart is the better poet, Johnson responds, "Sir, there is no settling the point of precedency between a louse and a flea" (4: 192-93). And of Boswell himself, Johnson, inspired by events before him, brands his companion indelibly:... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 404 oldal
...remarried) A triumph of hope over experience. 2142 Boswell - Life (on the merits of two minor poets) Sir, there is no settling the point of precedency between a louse and a flea. 2143 Boswell - Life (of Milton's sonnets) Milton, Madam, was a genius that could cut a Colossus from... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 oldal
...remarried) A triumph of hope over experience. 5129 Boswell - Life (on the merits of two minor poets) Rome Let no man stop to plunder, But slay, and slay, and slay; The Gods who l 5130 Boswell - Life (of Milton's sonnets) Milton, Madam, was a genius that could cut a Colossus from... | |
 | Geoffrey Miles - 1999 - 474 oldal
...sort of friendly contempt; asked to compare the merits of Derrick and another poet, Johnson declared, 'there is no settling the point of precedency between a louse and a flea'. Venus and Adonis A Cantata Recitative Venus and Mars confessed an equal flame,0 Their hopes, their... | |
 | Elizabeth M. Knowles - 1999 - 1160 oldal
...he would abundan his mind to it. ofOsslan lames Boswell Life of Samuel Johnson 1 1 79 1 ) 1 78 3 4 Sir, there is no settling the point of precedency between a louse and a llea. on the relative merits »/two minor ¡wets lames Boswell Life of Samuel Johnson ( I 79 1 ) I... | |
 | Geoffrey Miles - 1999 - 476 oldal
...sort of friendly contempt, asked to compare the merits of Derrick and another poet. Johnson declared, 'there is no settling the point of precedency between a Louse and a flea1. Venus and Adonis A Cantata Recitative Venus and Mars confessed an equal flame.0 Their hopes,... | |
 | Jonathan Z. Smith - 2004 - 429 oldal
...entry into this difficult matter has been supplied by the poetic apostrophe in our conference's title. There is no settling the point of precedency between a louse and a flea. DR. JOHNSON I would like to believe it was far from accidental that our conveners chose to introduce... | |
 | Dr. Mardy Grothe - 2009 - 304 oldal
...by Johnson, and he almost seemed offended that he was asked to judge them. In disgust, he answered: Sir, there is no settling the point of precedency between a louse and a flea. ************* In 1922, James Joyce's novel Ulysses was published in Paris (English publishers had shunned... | |
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Sir, there is no settling the point of precedency between a louse and a flea. 
