...passage." JOHNSON. " Yes, Sir : there was another fine passage too, which he struck out : ' When I was a young man, being anxious to distinguish myself,...I was perpetually starting new propositions. But I >oou gave this over ; for I found that generally what was new was false.'"1 I said I did not like to...

...Wakefield," which he was " Yes, Sir ; there was another fine passage, too, which he struck out : ' When I was a young man, being anxious to distinguish myself,...indulge your delicacy too much ; or you will be a tête-à-tête man all your life." During my stay in London this spring, I find I was unaccountably...

...literary monsters, like all others, are generally short-lived. "When I was a young man," says Goldsmith, "being anxious to distinguish myself, I was perpetually...for I found that generally what was new was false." Strictly speaking, we may be original without being new; our thoughts may be our own, and yet commonplace....

...who is zealons for nothing/' . . . There was another fine passage too which he struck out : " When I was a young man, being anxious to distinguish myself,...for I found that generally what was new was false." Life of Johnson (Boswell). Vol. mi. Chap, viii. 1779. Claret is the liquor for boys, port for men ;...

...from the whole of nature; it bears the name of Goethe." "When I was a young man," says Goldsmith, " being anxious to distinguish myself, I was perpetually starting new propositions; but 1 soon gave this over, for I found that generally what was new was false. Strictly speaking, we may...

...who is zealous for nothing.' .... There was another fine passage, too, which he struck out: 'When I was a young man, being anxious to distinguish myself,...for I found that generally what was new was false." — BOSWXLL. by CHOKER, p. 625. porcupine I sate self-collected, with a quill pointed against every...

...man who is zealous for nothing.' There was another fine passage too, which he struck out : ' When I was a young man, being anxious to distinguish myself,...for I found that generally what was new was false.' " — Boswell, iii. 427. 2 This word was dropped in later editions, perhaps from the impossibility...

...man who is zealous for nothing.' There was another flue passage too, which he struck out : ' When I was a young man, being anxious to distinguish myself,...perpetually starting new propositions. But I soon gave thil over ; for I found that generally what was new was false.' " — Boswell, iii. 427. * This word...

...zealous for nothing. ' . . . There was another fine passage, too, which he struck out — ' When I was a young man, being anxious to distinguish myself,...perpetually starting new propositions. But I soon gave over this ; for I found that generally what was new was false. ' " The second of the two passages quoted...

...zealous for nothing. ' . . . There was another fine passage, too, which he struck out — ' When I was a young man, being anxious to distinguish myself,...perpetually starting new propositions. But I soon gave over this ; for I found that generally what was new was false. ' " The second of the two passages quoted...