 Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield, did not refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom: 'This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among...  The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Pàgina 253per James Boswell - 1831Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | John Bartlett - 1903 - 1188 pàgines
...Shakespeare, page 131. * See Addison, page 299. * See Shakespeare, page 93. This man [Chesterfield], I thought, had been a lord among wits; but I find he is only a wit among lords. — JOHNSON (Boticelfs Life): rol. it. ch. i. A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge. — COWTEH:... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 1590 pàgines
...Johnson, instantly) was defensive pride.' This, as Dr. Adams well observed, was one of those happy turns ) it won't do.' whore, and the manners of a dancing master.' The character of ' a respectable Hottentot,' in Lord Chesterfield's... | |
 | 1906 - 810 pàgines
...will come: Knock as you please, there's nobody at home. POPE, Epigram 'This man [Lord Chesterfield] I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords. SAMUEL JOHNSON, Life, by Boswell, 1754 *I have a pretty wit. SHAKESPEARE, Ai You Like It, v. i Your... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1906 - 1198 pàgines
...Cliap. rii. 1743. Wretched un-idea'd girls. Chap.x. 1752. This man [Chesterfield], I thought, hail been a lord among wits ; but I find he is only a wit among lords.2 Vol. ti. Chnp. i. 1754. 1 From the London edition, 10 volumes, 1835. Dr. Johnson, it is said,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 628 pàgines
...Johnson instantly) was defensive pride." This, as Dr. Adams well observed, was one of those happy turns for which he was so remarkably ready. Johnson, having...had been a Lord among wits ; but, I find, he is only allowed its merit. But when they went farther, and appeared to put that author upon a level with Warburton,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 626 pàgines
...Johnson instantly) was defensive pride." This, as Dr. Adams well observed, was one of those happy turns for which he was so remarkably ready. Johnson, having...that nobleman with pointed freedom : " This man (said lie) I thought had been a Lord among wits ; but, I find, he is only allowed its merit. But when they... | |
 | Walter Swain Hinchman, Francis Barton Gummere - 1908 - 612 pàgines
...with help ? " ' Not content with this sturdy rebuff, Johnson made his celebrated epigram : " This man I thought had been a Lord among wits ; but I find he is only a wit among Lords." Rejecting the favor of noble patrons, the author of the Dictionary was nevertheless glad to welcome... | |
 | Jas. WM. Miller - 1910 - 138 pàgines
...contrasted with another, both are brought out into greater prominence. Example : "I thought this man had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords." " To err is human, to forgive divine." "A timorous foe and a suspicious friend." Epigram. — An epigram... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 pàgines
...Johnson instantly, "was defensive pride." This, as Dr. Adams well observed, was one of those happy turns for which he was so remarkably ready. Johnson, having...from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with a pointed freedom. "This man," said he, "I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 754 pàgines
...Johnson instantly, "was defensive pride." This, as Dr. Adams well observed, was one of those happy turns for which he was so remarkably ready. Johnson, having...from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with a pointed freedom. "This man," said he, " I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only... | |
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