 Here was exemplified what Goldsmith said of him, with the aid of a very witty image from one of Gibber's Comedies: " There is no arguing with Johnson ; for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.  Boswell's Life of Johnson - 509. oldalszerző: James Boswell - 1917 - 574 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 558 oldal
...Goldsmith designated it much more happily. " There is no arguing with Johnson," said he, "for, when Ms pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it."* In several of the intellectual collisions recorded by Boswell as triumphs of Dr. Johnson, it really... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 oldal
...saying in one of Gibber's comedies, which pute this part of his character in a strong light—" There is no arguing with Johnson ; for, if his pistol misses...fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it." * Wednesday, Oct. 6.—After a sufficiency of sleep, we assembled at breakfast. We were just as if... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 492 oldal
...saying in one of Cibber's comedies, whichputs this part of his character in a strong light — " There is no arguing with Johnson; for, if his pistol misses...fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it." Wednesday, Oct. 6. — After a sufficiency of sleep, we assembled at breakfast. We were just as if... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1862 - 328 oldal
...what Goldsmith said of him, with the aid of a very witty image from one of Gibber's comedies: « There is no arguing with Johnson; for, if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt-end of it.' Of Goldsmith's Traveller he used to speak in terms of the highest commendation. A... | |
 | 1865 - 342 oldal
...what Goldsmith said of him, with the aid of a very witty image from one of Cibber's comedies: ' There is no arguing with Johnson ; for, if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt-end of it.' Of Goldsmith's Traveller he used to speak in terms of the highest commendation. A... | |
 | 1869 - 404 oldal
...of others like an enraged elephant. " It is of no use arguing with him," said one who knew him well, "for if his pistol misses fire he knocks you down with the butt end." When heated in debate, there can be no doubt that he sometimes argued for victory rather than truth.... | |
 | John Forster - 1873 - 806 oldal
...of Gibber's comedies, say of his hero's conversation: "There is "no arguing with Johnson; for "when his pistol misses fire, he "knocks you down with the butt;< end of it."** * While Johnson was talking loudly in praise of the closing lines of the Dunciad, one of the company... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 192 oldal
...what Goldsmith said of him, with the aid of a very witty image from one of Gibber's Comedies, " There is no arguing with Johnson ; for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it."—Another, when a gentleman of eminence in the literary world was violently censured for attacking... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 602 oldal
...him in the witty words of one of Cibber's comedies : " There is no arguing with Johnson ; for when his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it." He turned to the gentleman, "Well, Sir, go to Dominicetti, and get thyself fumigated; but be sure that... | |
 | John Bascom - 1893 - 458 oldal
...victory, and suffer keenly under defeat. Goldsmith said of him, " There is no getting along with Johnson, if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt of it." Yet even then he knew how to give either the force of wit or the color of truth to the blow.... | |
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