 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 strani
...Dr. Johnson, who received it with great good humour, and desired Sir Joshua to tell the gentlemen, that he would alter the Epitaph in any manner they...of it ; but he would never consent to disgrace the watts of Westminster Abbey with an English inscription ." •' ' ' i Tom Davies, the bookseller, in... | |
 | James Boswell - 1816 - 500 strani
...endeavoured to argue in favour 1776. sired Sir Joshua to tell the gentlemen, that he would *j£^~^ alter the Epitaph in any manner they pleased, as to...never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster 4bbey, ivith an English inscription. " I consider this Round Robin as a species of literary curiosity... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 536 strani
...who received it vtith mach good humour, and desired Sir Joshua to tell the gentlemen, that he wonld alter the Epitaph in any manner they pleased, as to the sense of it : bat he would never content to disgrace the walla of Westminster Abbey with an English inscription.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 550 strani
...to Dr. Johnson, who received it with much good humour, and desired Sir Joshua to tell the gentlemen, that he would alter the Epitaph in any manner they...Westminster Abbey with an English inscription. I consider thin Round Robin as a species of literary curiosity worth preserving, as it marks, in a certain degree,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 520 strani
...surely not right; for as to his claim to the last of those and desired Sir Joshua to tell the gentlemen, that he would alter the Epitaph in any manner they pleased, as to the sense of it; but hewould never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster Abbey, with an English inscription. " I... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 376 strani
...of literary curiosity worth preserving, as it marks, in a certain degree, Dr. Johnson's character." alter the Epitaph in any manner they pleased, as to...of it; but he would never consent to disgrace the ivalls of Westminster 'Abbey, with an English inscription. My readers are presented with a faithful... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 458 strani
...noble seat, should have fallen into such a blunder. I suppose he has confounded the cow with the deer. Epitaph in any manner they pleased, as to the sense...Round Robin as a species of literary curiosity worth preserving1, as it marks, in a certain degree, Dr. Johnson's character." My readers are presented with... | |
 | James Boswell - 1823 - 492 strani
...blunder. I suppose he has confounded the row with the deer. desired Sir Joshua to tell the gentlemen that he would alter the Epitaph in any manner they...but he would never consent to, disgrace the walls oj 'Westminster Abbey with an English inscription. " 1 consider this Mound Robin as a species of literary... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 440 strani
...it to Dr Johnson, who received it with much goodhumour, and desired Sir Joshua to tell the gentlemen that he would alter the epitaph in any manner they...English inscription. I consider this Round Robin, » continues Sir William, « as a species of literary curiosity worth preserving, as it marks, in a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 508 strani
...an English epitaph on an English author. His reply was, in the genuine spirit of an old scholar, " he would never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster abbey with an English inscription." One of his arguments, in favour of a common learned language, was ludicrously cogeut : " Consider,... | |
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Sir Joshua agreed to carry it to Dr. Johnson, who received it with much good humour245, and desired Sir Joshua to tell the gentlemen, that he would alter the Epitaph in any manner they pleased, as to the sense of it; but he would never consent to disgrace... 
