 I declare, Sir, upon my honour, I did imagine I was vexed, and took a pride in it; but it was, perhaps, cant; for I own I neither ate less, nor slept less.' JOHNSON. 'My dear friend, clear your mind of cant. You may talk as other people do : you may say...  Boswell's Life of Johnson - Stran 450avtor: James Boswell - 1904Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | 1900 - 674 strani
...its direct meaning has been slightly modified in use. The emphasis is changed. Johnson's words were " Clear your mind of cant. You may talk as other people do; you may say to a man, sir, I am your humMe servant | you are not hie most humble servant. . . . Yon may tulk in thin manner;... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope - 1901 - 514 strani
...the opinion of Dr. Johnson on the dis tinction between what may be said and what must be thought. " My dear friend clear your mind of cant. You may talk as other people do ; you may say to a man ' Sir, I am your most humble servant'. You are not his humble servant. You may say : ' These are bad... | |
 | Robert Wallace - 1903 - 682 strani
...but I was not vexed" " I declare, sir," answers Bozzy, having swiftly and wisely found salvation, " upon my honour I did imagine I was vexed, and took...cant ; for I own I neither ate less nor slept less." " My dear friend," says the mollified moralist, " clear your mind of cant. You may talk as other people... | |
 | Julian Hawthorne - 1906 - 434 strani
...factious dogs on the head, to be sure; but I was not vexed." Boswell. " I declare, sir, upon my honor, I did imagine I was vexed, and took a pride in it;...slept less." Johnson. "My dear friend, clear your mindoi cant. You may talk as other people do: you may say to a man, ' Sir, I am your most humble servant.'... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 634 strani
...I would have knocked the factious dogs on the head, to be sure ; but I was not vexed." BOSWELL : " I declare, Sir, upon my honour, I did imagine I was...may talk as other people do : you may say to a man, ' Sir, I am your most humble servant.' You are not his most * [Dura pingit, fruitur arte ; postquam... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1907 - 442 strani
...to goodness in formal and affected terms." Boswell reports, May 15, 1783, the following remarks of Johnson : " My dear friend, clear your mind of cant....may talk as other people do: you may say to a man, ' Sir, I am your most humble servant.' You are not his most humble servant. . . . You tell a man,'... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 730 strani
...meat. I would have knocked the factious logs on the head, to be sure; but I was not vexed.” BOSWELL. “I declare, Sir, upon my honour, I did imagine I was vexed, rnd took a pride in it; but it was, perhaps, cant; for I own I neither eat less, nor slept less.”... | |
 | 1905 - 314 strani
...to affectation or cant, he showed a just intolerance of it. " My dear friend," said he to Boswell, " clear your mind of cant. You may talk as other people do; you may say to a man : ' Sir, I am your humble servant.' You are not his most humble servant. You may say : 'These are bad... | |
 | Delphian Society - 1911 - 566 strani
...factious dogs on the head, to be sure; but I was not vexed." Boswell. "I declare, sir, upon my honor, I did imagine I was vexed, and took a pride in it;...may talk as other people do: you may say to a man, 'Sir, I am your most humble servant.' You are not his most humble servant. You may say, 'These are... | |
 | James Boswell - 1916 - 370 strani
...factious dogs on the head, to be sure; but I was not feared." BOSWELL. "I declare, Sir, upon my honor, I did imagine I was vexed, and took a pride in it; bnt it irax. perhaps, cant; for T own I neither eat less, nor slept less." JOHNSON. "My dear friend,... | |
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