| George Colman - 1830 - 350 strani
...curious counterbalance to the learned, (may I not say less learned?) Johnson. Their manners and taste, both in writing and conversation, were as different...I first sat down with Johnson, in his rusty brown, and his black worsteads, Gibbon was placed opposite to me in a suit of flower'd velvet, with a bag... | |
| George Colman - 1830 - 352 strani
...curious counterbalance to the learned, (may I not say less learned?) Johnson. Their manners and taste, both in writing and conversation, were as different...I first sat down with Johnson, in his rusty brown, and his black worsteads, Gibbon was placed opposite to me in a suit of flower'd velvet, with a bag... | |
| James Boswell - 1831 - 690 strani
...learned (may I not say lea learned ? Johnson. Their manners and taste, both in writing and coovenation, were as different as their habiliments. On the day...opposite to me in a suit of flowered velvet, with a bag and sword. Each had his measured phraseology; and Johnson's famous parallel, between Dryden and... | |
| 1837 - 980 strani
...learned?) Johnson. ‘Their manners and taste, both in writing and in conversation, were as (lifferent as their habiliments. On the day I first sat down with Johnson, in his rusty brown, and his black worsteds, Gibbon was placed opposite to me, in a suit of flowered velvet, with a bag... | |
| Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1839 - 496 strani
...curious counterbalance to the learned (may I not say, less learned) Johnson. Their manners and taste both in writing and conversation, were as different...opposite to me in a suit of flowered velvet, with a bag and sword. Each had his measured phraseology ; and Johnson's famous parallel between Dryden and... | |
| Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1840 - 390 strani
...curious counterbalance to the learned (may I not say, less learned) Johnson. Their manners and taste both in writing and conversation, were as different...opposite to me in a suit of flowered velvet, with a bag and sword. Each had his measured phraseology; and Johnson's famous parallel between Dryden and... | |
| Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1840 - 396 strani
...curious counterbalance to the learned (may I not say, lest learned) Johnson. Their manners and taste both in writing and conversation, were as different...opposite to me in a suit of flowered velvet, with a bag and sword. Each had his measured phraseology; and Johnson's famous parallel between Drydcn and... | |
| Richard Brinsley Peake - 1841 - 460 strani
...curious counterbalance to the learned, may I not say less learned ? Johnson. Their manners and taste, both in writing and conversation, were as different...I first sat down with Johnson, in his rusty brown, and his black worsteds, Gibbon was placed opposite to me in a suit of flowered velvet, with a bag and... | |
| Richard Brinsley Peake - 1841 - 442 strani
...curious counterbalance to the learned, may I not say less learned ? Johnson. Their manners and taste, both in writing and conversation, were as different...I first sat down with Johnson, in his rusty brown, and his black worsteds, Gibbon was placed opposite to me in a suit of flowered velvet, with a bag and... | |
| Richard Brinsley Peake - 1841 - 810 strani
...curious counterbalance to the learned, may I not say less learned ? Johnson. Their manners and taste, both in writing and conversation, were as different...I first sat down with Johnson, in his rusty brown, and his black worsteds, Gibbon was placed opposite to me in a suit of flowered velvet, with a bag and... | |
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