 | James Boswell - 1874 - 602 페이지
...eminent instance of a double talent, of which Johnson was fully conscious. Sir Joshua Reynolds has heard him say, " There are two things which I am confident...the most perfect manner; the other is a conclusion, shewing from various causes why the execution has not been equal to what the authour promised to himself... | |
 | James Mason - 1875 - 674 페이지
...necessary for the accumulation of authorities, and which alone may account for Johnson's retentive memory being enriched with a very large and various store...been equal to what the author promised to himself and the public." ' How should puny scribblers be abashed and disappointed, when they find him displaying... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 742 페이지
...been often said, and I believe with justice, that there is for every thought a certain nice adaptation of words which none other could equal, and which when...to what the author promised to himself and to the public." How should puny scribblers be abashed and disappointed, when they find him displaying a perfect... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 598 페이지
...for 1 Own not in the original. Johnson's Works, v. 36. U 2 the 292 The Preface to the DICTIONARY. [A. the accumulation of authorities, and which alone may...the most perfect manner; the other is a conclusion, shewing from various causes why the execution has not been equal to what the authour promised to himself... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 576 페이지
...extensive reading which was absolutely necessary for ' Own not in the original. Johnson's Works, v. 36. the accumulation of authorities, and which alone may...the most perfect manner; the other is a conclusion, shewing from various causes why the execution has not been equal to what the authour promised to himself... | |
 | James Boswell - 1888 - 608 페이지
...eminent instance of a double talent, of which Johnson was fully conscious. Sir Joshua Reynolds has heard him say, " There are two things which I am confident...the most perfect manner; the other is a conclusion, shewing from various causes why the execution has not been equal to what the authour promised to himself... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 574 페이지
...been often said, and I believe with justice, that there is for every thought a certain nice adaptation of words which none other could equal, and which when...to what the author promised to himself and to the public." How should puny scribblers be abashed and disappointed, when they find him displaying a perfect... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 566 페이지
...fully conscious. Sir Joshua Reynolds heard him say, " There are two things which I am confident lean do very well : one is an introduction to any literary...to what the author promised to himself and to the public." How should puny scribblers be abashed and disappointed, when they find him displaying a perfect... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 페이지
...often said, and I believe wit>. justice, thit there is for every thought a certain nice adaptation P Q CS ,6 public." How should puny scribblers be abashed and disappointed, when they find him displaying a perfect... | |
 | Alexander Nicolas De Menil - 1897 - 572 페이지
...friends, whom, to his astonishment, he could not bring to think of the matter as he did. Said Dr. Johnson, "There are two things which I am confident I can do...the most perfect manner; the other is a conclusion proving why from various causes the execution has not been equal to what the author promised to himself... | |
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There are two things which I am confident I can do very well: one is an introduction to any literary work, stating what it is to contain, and how it should be executed in the most perfect manner: the other is a conclusion, showing from various causes... 
