 | James Boswell - 1884 - 742 pàgines
...Dr. Adams well observed, was one of those happy turns for which he was so remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield,...published, he observed, that " they teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing master." l The character of a " respectable Hottentot," in Lord... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 pàgines
...Dr. Adams well observed, was one of those happy turns for which he was so remarkably ready. Johnson, having now explicitly avowed his opinion of lord Chesterfield,...Letters to his natural son were published, he observed: "They teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing-master." In 1776 when Boswell showed... | |
 | Enchiridion - 1884 - 288 pàgines
...advancement as " a fall up-stairs." Not a Peerless Wit. Dr. Johnson said of Lord Chesterfield, " This man I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords." A Cat may look at a King. Talking of the royal family being seen often at Ranelagh, Lady Townshend... | |
 | James Boswell - 1885 - 490 pàgines
...Dr. Adams well observed, was one of those happy turns, for which he was so remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield,...Lord among wits, but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords."1 And when his Letters to his natural son were published, he observed that " they teach the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 598 pàgines
...wit among Lords. observed, was one of those happy turns for which he was so remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield,...Lord among wits ; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords1 !' And when his Letters to his natural son were published, he observed, that ' they teach the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1888 - 608 pàgines
...Dr. Adams well observed, was one of those happy turns for which he was so remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield,...among wits ; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords 1 " And when his Letters to his natural son were published, he observed, that " they teach the morals... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1888 - 356 pàgines
...Lordship's most humble Most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON. Boswell's Life of 'Johnson, \. 261. JOHNSON having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield...concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom : ' This man 1 Nunc scio quid sit Amor. — Eclogues, viii. 43. Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnson. Wit and Wisdom... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 360 pàgines
...sit Amor. — Eclogues, viii. 43. Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnson. Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnson. (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but I find he is only a wit among Lords ! ' Boswell's Life of Johnson, i. 266. JOHNSON, speaking of his refusal to dedicate his Dictionary... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 574 pàgines
...Dr. Adams well observed, was one of those happy turns for which he was so remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield,...published, he observed, that " they teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing master." l 1 That collection of Letters cannot be vindicate.) from... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 566 pàgines
...Dr. Adams well observed, was one of those happy turns for which he was so remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield,...published, he observed, that " they teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing master." ' 1 That collection of Letters cannot be vindicate:! from... | |
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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... 
