 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 페이지
...to Padua. And I'll rnind my business. For an Athenian blockhead is the worst of all blockheads 3." hink, an admirable [Percy] observes in a letter to me, " The pleasure he took in vexing the tutors and fellows has been... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 366 페이지
...maintains, that all scholars are blockheads, on account of their scholarship.—J. BoSWKLL, jun. ture and my wit; so I disregarded all power and all authority."...vexing the tutors and fellows has been often mentioned. But I have heard him say, what ought to be recorded to the honour of the present venerable master of... | |
 | 1837 - 320 페이지
...said to Boswell, " I was mad VoL. VII. U and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way...wit, so I disregarded all power and all authority." His poverty during this period was indeed extreme : and the scanty remittances by which he was supported,... | |
 | Henry Malden - 1838 - 528 페이지
...Sir," he said to Boswell, " I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way...wit, so I disregarded all power and all authority." His poverty during this period was indeed extreme; and the scanty remittances by which he was supported,... | |
 | Arthur Thomas Malkin - 1838 - 538 페이지
...Sir," he said to Boswell, " I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way...wit, so I disregarded all power and all authority." His poverty during this period was indeed extreme ; and the scanty remittances by which he was supported,... | |
 | 1859 - 868 페이지
...He said of himself, in after-life, when speaking of this period, " Ah, sir, I was mad and violent ; I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way...literature and my wit; so I disregarded all power and authority." But in later life the same proud spirit appeared. Any error or exaggeration of a conversation,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 페이지
...striking proof of the fallacy of appearances, and how little any of us know of the real internal slate even of those whom we see most frequently; for the...all power and all authority." The Bishop of Dromore [Percy] observes in a letter to me, " The pleasure he took in vexing the tutors and fellows has been... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 726 페이지
...Pembroke, he answered, "Ah I Sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness that they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way...: so I disregarded all power, and all authority." Even such a rebel against college discipline Swift appears to have been, under similar circumstances... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 페이지
...Adams, he said, " Ah, Sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way...vexing the tutors and fellows has been often mentioned. But I have heard him say, what ought to be recorded to the honour of the present venerable master of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 406 페이지
...Ah, sir I" replied he, " I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. / was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way...wit. So I disregarded all power and all authority." Goldsmith's poverty was never accompanied by bitterness; but neither was it accompanied by the guardian... | |
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Ah, Sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolick. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit; so I disregarded all power and all authority.' The Bishop of Dromore observes in a letter... 
