...argued alone. The same circumstance was noticed by Johnson, and gavo rise to the observation, " that no man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had." If it must be admitted that Goldsmith had no talent for oral display, it will not be disputed that...

...jealousy of due attention in a manner that often rendered him ridiculous. " No man," said Johnson, " was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had. As a writer he was of the most distinguished abilities. Whatever be composed, he did it better than...

...written, and that well deserves to be recorded.' "Of a certain noble lord :i, he said, 'Respect him you could not; for he had no mind of his own. Love...told, in his lively manner, the following literary anecdote: — ' Green and Guthrie, an Irishman and a Scotchman, undertook a translation of Duhalde's...

...argued alone. The same circumstance was noticed by Johnson, and gave rise to the observation, " that no man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had." If it must be admitted that Goldsmith had no talent for oral display, it will not be disputed that...

...argued alone. The same circumstance was noticed by Johnson, and gavo rise to the observation, " that l kinds are my asersion. A Chinese traveller, and want taste! it surprises me. Pray, If it must be admitted that Goldsmith had no talent for oral display, it will not be disputed that...

...written, and that well deserves to be recorded.' " Of a certain noble lord ('), he said, ' Respect him you could not ; for he had no mind of his own. Love...foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more <rise when he had.' " He told, in his lively manner, the following literary anecdote : — ' Green...

...did not deserve the Johnsonian antithesis which even goodhumoured Langton repeats so complacently : ' no man was ' more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more ' wise when he had.' Walpole said much the same thing of Hume, whose writings he thought so superior to his conversation...

...did not deserve the Johnsonian antithesis which even goodhumoured Langton repeats so complacently : ' no man was ' more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more ' wise when he had.' Walpole said much the same thing of Hume, whose writings he thought so superior to his conversation...

...did not deserve the Johnsonian antithesis which even goodhumoured Langton repeats so complacently : ' no man was ' more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more ' wise when he had.' Walpole said much the same thing of Hume, whose writings he thought so superior to his conversation...

...circumstance also occurred at a party at Sir Joshua Reynolds's. Dr. Johnson said truly of him,— " No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had:" and on another occasion,—" Goldsmith was a man who, whatever he wrote, did it better than any other...