 It having been observed that there was little hospitality in London ; JOHNSON. " Nay, Sir, any man who has a name, or who has the power of pleasing, will be very generally invited in London. The man, Sterne, I have been told, has had engagements for three...  Boswell's Life of Johnson - Stran 200avtor: James Boswell - 1917 - 574 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 414 strani
...than when in possession of the cynical old curate of Meudon,* — the more than rival of Johnson : 'Nay, sir, any man who has a name, or who has the...months.' Goldsmith: 'And a very dull fellow. Johnson: ' \Vhy, no, sir.' " — BOSWELL'S Life of Johnson. " Her [Miss Monckton's] vivacity enchanted the sage,... | |
 | 1870 - 784 strani
...Yorick justice. The scrap of dialogue is edifying. Johnson : "The man Sterne, I have been told, has engagements for three months." Goldsmith : " And a very dull fellow." Johnson : " Why, no, sir." followed, and the contrast which the implied duties of that profession present to his tastes and pursuits.... | |
 | William Clark Russell - 1871 - 550 strani
...Thackeray. He preferred whining over a dead ass to relieving a living mother. — Byron. Johnson : " Any man who has a name or who has the power of pleasing...a very dull fellow." Johnson : "Why, no, sir."— " Life of J ohnson." No classic could endure Sterne's style. — Dr. Gregory. " Tristram Shandy" is... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1872 - 660 strani
...June 22nd, 1760. " It having been observed that there was little hospitality in London— Johnson : ' Nay, sir, any man who has a name, or who has the power...'And a very dull fellow.' Johnson : 'Why, no, sir.' "—BOSWELL'S Life of Johnson. " Her [Mjss Monckton's] vivacity enchanted the sage, and they used to... | |
 | James Boswell - 1872 - 620 strani
...the shield of truth." It having been observed that there was little hospitality in London; JOHNSON: " Nay, Sir, any man who has a name, or who has the power...very generally invited in London. The man, Sterne, 1 have been told, has had engagements for three months." GOLDSMITH : " And a very dull fellow." JOHNSON... | |
 | Laurence Sterne, David Herbert - 1872 - 512 strani
...Johnson, that it having been observed that there was little hospitality in London, Johnson said : ' Nay, sir, any man who has a name, or who has the power of pleasing, will be generally invited in London. The man Sterne, I am told, has had engagements for three months.' Goldsmith... | |
 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 strani
...shield of truth.' It having been observed that there was little hospitality in London ; JOHNSON : ' Nay, sir, any man who has a name, or who has the power...had engagements for three months.' GOLDSMITH : ' And ft very dull fellow.' JOHNSON : ' Why, no, sir.' Martinelli told ns that /or several years he lived... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 610 strani
...been observed that there was little hospitality in London — Johnson : ' Nay, sir. any man who has u name, or who has the power of pleasing, will be very...three months.' Goldsmith : ' And a very dull fellow.' Johoson : 'Why, no, sir.'" — BoswкLL's Life of tíO il ; t.1 (ill. " Her [Miss Monckton's] vivacity... | |
 | James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 strani
...shield of truth.' It having bcen observed that there was little hospitality in London ; JOHNSON : ' Nay, sir, any man who has a name, or who has the power...generally invited in London. The man Sterne, I have bcen told, has had engagements for thrce months.' GOLDSMITH : 'And a very dull fellow.' JOHNSON: '... | |
 | 1873 - 740 strani
...much better. " It having been observed that there was little hospitality in London — Joiix8ON : ' Nay, sir, any man who has a name, or who has the power...very generally invited in London. The man Sterne, I am told, has had engagements for three months.' GOLDSMITH : ' And a very dull fellow.' JOHNSON: 'Why,... | |
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