 | James Boswell - 1887 - 598 페이지
...wit among Lords. observed, was one of those happy turns for which he was so remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield,...Lord among wits ; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords1 !' And when his Letters to his natural son were published, he observed, that ' they teach the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1888 - 608 페이지
...Dr. Adams well observed, was one of those happy turns for which he was so remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield,...among wits ; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords 1 " And when his Letters to his natural son were published, he observed, that " they teach the morals... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1888 - 356 페이지
...Lordship's most humble Most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON. Boswell's Life of 'Johnson, \. 261. JOHNSON having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield...concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom : ' This man 1 Nunc scio quid sit Amor. — Eclogues, viii. 43. Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnson. Wit and Wisdom... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 360 페이지
...sit Amor. — Eclogues, viii. 43. Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnson. Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnson. (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but I find he is only a wit among Lords ! ' Boswell's Life of Johnson, i. 266. JOHNSON, speaking of his refusal to dedicate his Dictionary... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 574 페이지
...Dr. Adams well observed, was one of those happy turns for which he was so remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield,...published, he observed, that " they teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing master." l 1 That collection of Letters cannot be vindicate.) from... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 566 페이지
...Dr. Adams well observed, was one of those happy turns for which he was so remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield,...published, he observed, that " they teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing master." ' 1 That collection of Letters cannot be vindicate:! from... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1889 - 440 페이지
...they teach the morals of a , and the manners of a dancing-master," and of their author, " This man, I thought, had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords." It was on the 7th of February 1735 that Johnson addressed to Chesterfield his terrible and celebrated... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1889 - 462 페이지
...they teach the morals of a , and the manners of a dancing-master," and of their author, " This man, I thought, had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords." It was on the 7th of February 1735 that Johnson addressed to Chesterfield his terrible and celebrated... | |
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Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield, did not refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom: 'This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among... 
