 He attacked Gray, calling him " a dull fellow." BOSWELL : " I understand he was reserved, and might appear dull in company ; but surely he was not dull in poetry." JOHNSON : " Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every where.' He was...  Boswell's Life of Johnson: Life - Stran 321avtor: James Boswell - 1887Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 556 strani
...not dull in poetry." JoHNSON. " Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his clofet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people...GREAT. He was a mechanical poet." He then repeated fome ludicrous lines, which have efcaped my memory, and faid, " Is not that GREAT, like his Odes?"... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 564 strani
...ludicrous lines, which have efcaped my memory, and faid, " Is not that GREAT, like his Odes?" Mrs. Thiale maintained that his Odes were melodious ; upon which...the warp, and weave the woof ;"— • I added, in a folemn tone, " The winding-fheet of Edward's race.' There is a good line." — " Aye, (faid he,) and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 554 strani
...ludicrous lines, which have efcaped my memory, and laid, " Is not that GREAT, like his Odes ?" Mrs. Thj ale maintained that his Odes were melodious ; upon, which...exclaimed, "• Weave the warp, and weave the woof /'•— * 1 added, in a folemn tone, « The winding-fheet of Edward's race.' There is a good line."... | |
 | 1857 - 610 strani
...such a poet, Johnson retorted : ' Sir, he was dull in company, dull ' in his closet, dull everywhere. He was dull in a new way, and ' that made many people think him great. He was a mechanical ' poet.' On another occasion he called Gray ' a barren rascal.' Yet surely the author of the ' Elegy ' and the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 strani
...was not dull in poetry." JOHNSON. "Sir, he was dull in company, doll in his closet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think Kim GREAT. He was a mechanical poet." He then repeated some ludicrous lines, which have escaped my... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 542 strani
...not dull in poetry." JOHNSON. " Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people...maintained that his Odes were melodious; upon which be exclaimed, " Weave the warp, and weave the woof;" — I added, iu a solemn tone, " The winding-sheet... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 442 strani
...mechanical poet." He then repeated some ludicrons liaeм, which have escaped my memory, and said, " I« not that GREAT, like his Odes ?" Mrs. Thrale maintained that his Odes were melodions : upon which he exclaimed, " Weave the warp, and wcare the wouf ; — " I added, in a solemn... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 378 strani
...not dull in poetry." JOHNSON. " Sir, he was dull ia company, dull in his closet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people...exclaimed, " Weave the warp, and weave the woof;"— 1 added, in a solemn tone, " The winding-sheet of Edward's race. There is a good line." — " Ay (said... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 472 strani
...not dull in poetry." JOHNSON. " Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him GREAT. 1 My noble friend Lord Pembroke said once to me at Wilton, with a happy pleasantry and some truth,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 480 strani
...not dull in poetry." JOHNSON. " Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him GREAT. * My noble friend Lord Pembroke said once to me at Wilton, with a happy pleasantry and some truth,... | |
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