 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
 | 1850 - 524 페이지
...Johnson, in which the latter asserts that he could finish his Dictionary in three years. " ADAMS. ' IJut the French Academy, which consists of forty members,...Sir, thus it is. This is the proportion. Let me see i forty times forty is sixteen hundred, so is the proportion of an Englishman to a Frenchman.' 41 No... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 228 페이지
...consisting of forty members, took forty years to complete their ' Dictionary.' " " Sir," replied Johnson, " thus it is — this is the proportion : — -Let me...sixteen hundred. As three to sixteen hundred, so is Itheproportion of an Englishman to a Frenchman." / And Johnson was not a boaster. A gruff but real... | |
 | 1854 - 768 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,...JOHNSON. Sir, thus it is. This is the proportion. As three to sixteen hundred, so is the proportion of an Englishman to a Frenchman." The history of... | |
 | 1854 - 706 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,...JOHNSON. Sir, thus it is. This is the proportion. As three to sixteen hundred, so is the proportion of an Englishman to a Frenchman." The history of... | |
 | 1854 - 704 페이지
...took forty years to compile their Dictionary. — JOHNSON. Sir, thus it is. This is the proportion. As three to sixteen hundred, so is the proportion of an Englishman to a Frenchman." The history of Lord Chesterfield's connection with Johnson's lirst philological aspirations ; the tardy... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 페이지
...Cork. He published several works, but «*• only original one of any note is his " Life of Swift," consists of forty members, took forty years to compile...prodigious labour which he had undertaken to execute. The public has had, from another pen4, a long detail of what had been done in this country by prior... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 페이지
...Cork. He published »even:I works, but tue only original one of any note 1« his " Life of Swift," 1 v,-us sec ; forty times forty is sixteen hundred. As three to sixteen hundred, so is the proportion of an... | |
 | 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... | |
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