 ADAMS. But, Sir, how can you do this in three years ? JOHNSON. Sir, I have no doubt that I can do it in three years. ADAMS. But the French Academy, which consists of forty members, took forty years to compile their Dictionary.  The British Prose Writers - 23 페이지1821전체보기 - 도서 정보
 | 1860 - 782 페이지
...consisted of forty members, took forty years to complete their Dictionary. " Sir," said Johnson, " thus it is : this is the proportion ; let me see — forty times forty are sixteen hundred ; as three to sixteen hundred, so is the proportion of an Englishman to a Frenchman."... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1867 - 158 페이지
...you do this in three years? Johnson, Sir, I have no doubt that I can do it in three years. Adams, But the French Academy, which consists of forty members, took forty years to compile their die-- tionary. Johnson, Sir, thus it is. This is the proportion. Let me see ; forty times forty is... | |
 | James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 페이지
...in thrce years ? ' Johnson : ' Sir, I have no doubt that I can do it in thrce years.' Adams : ' But the French Academy, which consists of forty members,...' Sir, thus it is : this is the proportion. Let me sce ; forty times forty is sixtcen hundred. As throc to sixtcen hundred, so is the proportion of an... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 602 페이지
...do this in three years ? JOHNSON. Sir, I have no doubt that I can do it in three years. ADAMS. But the French Academy, which consists of forty members,...prodigious labour which he had undertaken to execute. The public has had, from another pen, a long detail of what had been done in this country by prior... | |
 | Alexander Main - 1874 - 480 페이지
...three years ?"—JOHNSON : " Sir, I have no doubt that I can do it in three years."—ADAMS : " But the French Academy, which consists of forty members, took forty years to compile their Dictionary."—JOHNSON: "Sir, thus it is: this is the proportion. Let me see; forty times forty is... | |
 | ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 페이지
...in three years?"—JOHNSON: " Sir, I have no doubt that I can do it in three years."—ADAMS : " But the French Academy, which consists of forty members, took forty years to compile their Dictionary."—JOHNSON : " Sir, thus it is: this is the proportion. Let me see; forty times forty is... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1876 - 432 페이지
...consisting of forty members, took forty years to complete their Dictionary." " Sir," replied Johnson, " thus it is — this is the proportion : Let me see,...is the proportion of an Englishman to a Frenchman." And Johnson was not a boaster. A gruff, but real man, his life .was passed beneath the influence of... | |
 | 1877 - 814 페이지
...Dictionary " Sir," said Johnson " thur it is : this is the proportion ; let me see — forrj cunts forty are sixteen hundred ; as three to sixteen hundred, so...is the proportion of an Englishman to a Frenchman." Whilst his Dictionary was in progress, he formed a literary club, which met once a week, at the King's... | |
 | James Boswell, Andrew Erskine - 1879 - 288 페이지
...this in three years? JOHNSON. — Sir, I have no doubt that I can do it in three years. ADAMS. — But the French Academy, which consists of forty members,...is the proportion of an Englishman to a Frenchman." — Boswell's "Johnson." Date of 1748.— ED. 1 1 have not dared to disregard Boswell's request. His... | |
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