 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 416 pàgines
...companionship. " He is not a cur." replied Goldsmith, " you are too severe; he is only a bur. Tom Davies flung him at Johnson in sport, and he has the faculty of sticking." CHAPTER XIV. Hogarth a visitor at Islington—his character.—Street studies.—Sympathies between... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 400 pàgines
...companionship. " He is not a cur," replied Goldsmith, " you are too severe ; he is only a bur. Tom Davies flung him at Johnson in sport, and he has the faculty of sticking." HOGARTH'S VISIT AT ISLINGTON. 147 CHAPTER XIV. Hogarth a visitor at Islington — his character. —... | |
 | Biographical magazine - 1853 - 586 pàgines
...Society of this shallow conceited Scotchman. " He is a bur," was Goldsmith's solution. " Tom Davies flung him at Johnson in sport, and he has the faculty of sticking." And to this day the mystery remains. Perhaps it was Boswell's love of social enjoyment, or his faculty... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1853 - 404 pàgines
...companionship. " He is not a cur," replied Goldsmith, " you are too severe ; he is only a bur. Tom Davies flung him at Johnson in sport, and he has the faculty of sticking." HOGARTH'S VISIT AT ISLINGTON. 147 CHAPTER XIV. Hogarth a visitor at Islington — his character. —... | |
 | John Forster - 1854 - 642 pàgines
..." He is not a cur," answered Goldsmith ; " you are too severe. He is only a bur. Tom " Davies flung him at Johnson in sport, and he has the " faculty of sticking." * Boswell has retorted this respectful contempt; and in him it is excessively ludicrous. " It has been... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 614 pàgines
...companionship. "He is not a cur," replied Goldsmith, " you are too severe ; lie ia only a burr. Tom Davies flung him at Johnson in sport, and he has the faculty of sticking." CHAP. XIV. Hogarth a visitor at Islington — His chnrwter — Street studies — Sympalhies betwet-n... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1864 - 464 pàgines
...companionship. " He is not a cur," replied Goldsmith, " you are too severe ; he is only a bur. Tom Davies flung him at Johnson in sport, and he has the faculty of sticking." CHAPTEE XIV. HOGARTH A VISITOR AT ISLINGTON ; HIS CHARACTER. — STREET STUDIES. — SYMPATHIES BETWEEN... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1869 - 1502 pàgines
...called him a " Scotch cur." "No, no," replied Goldsmith, "you are too severe; he is only a Scotch bur. s at tea eat short and crisp, they were made by Olivia ; if the goo stiiking." He showed this faculty by the way in which he took Johnson's first rebuff. Much as it discomposed... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1869 - 774 pàgines
...called hir a " Scotch cur." "No, no," replied Goldsmith, "you are too severe; he is onlj a Scotch bur. a precarious state ; and nature seemed to have fitted it facuh; of sticking." He showed this faculty by the way in which he took Johnsons first rebuff. Much... | |
 | Kate Sanborn - 1869 - 306 pàgines
...heels ? " " He is not a cur" said Goldsmith, " you are too severe ; he is only a burr. Tom Davies flung him at Johnson in sport, and he has the faculty of sticking ! " We find a double pleasure in a happy retort from him, because he so often blundered, and one instance... | |
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you are too severe. He is only a bur. Tom Davies flung him at Johnson in sport, and he has the faculty of sticking. 
