 short a way to the left. Burke is the only man whose common conversation corresponds with the general fame which he has in the world. Take up whatever topick you please, he is ready to meet you."' 'A gentleman, by no means deficient in literature, having...  Boswell's Life of Johnson - Stran 318avtor: James Boswell - 1904Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1888 - 316 strani
...ebullition of his mind; he does not talk from a desire of distinction, but because his mind is full. Burke is the only man whose common conversation corresponds with the general fame which he has in the world. Burke, sir, is such a man, that if you met him for the first time in the street, where you were stopped... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 578 strani
...conversation. ‘It seems strange,' said he, ‘that a man should see so far to the right, who sees so short a way to the left. Burke is the only man whose...general fame which he has in the world. Take up whatever topic you please, he is ready to meet you.' “A gentleman, by no means deficient in literature, having... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1878 - 602 strani
...ebullition of his mind. He does not talk for a desire of distinction, but because his mind is full.' ' He is the only man whose common conversation corresponds...the general fame which he has in the world. Take up what topic you please, he is ready to meet you.' ' No man of sense could meet Mr. Burke by accident... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1891 - 648 strani
...fellow calls forth all my powers. Were I to see Burke now it would kill me." "Burke," added he again, "is the only man whose common conversation corresponds...general fame which he has in the world. Take up whatever topic you please, he is ready to meet you." Often did he repeat, " That no man of sense could meet... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1891 - 648 strani
...fellow calls forth all mv powers. Were I to see Burke now it would kill me." " Burke," added he again, " is the only man whose common conversation corresponds...general fame which he has in the world. Take up whatever topic you please, he is ready to meet you." Often did he repeat, " That no man of sense could meet... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1896 - 242 strani
...full." "He is the onZj/man," said he, at a later period, when Burke was at the zenith of his reputation, "whose common conversation corresponds with the general fame which he has in the world. Take him up where you please, he is ready to meet you." "No man of sense," he said, "could meet Burke by... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1897 - 512 strani
...Johnson. • He praised its 'affluence.' Ib. ii. 181. 'His stream of mind is perpetual.' Ib. ii. 450. ' Burke is the only man whose common conversation corresponds...general fame which he has in the world. Take up whatever topic you please, he is ready to meet you.' Ib. iv. 19. 'His talk is the ebullition of his mind ; he... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1897 - 512 strani
...Johnson. * He praised its 'affluence.' Ib. ii. 181. 'His stream of mind is perpetual.' Ib. ii. 450. ' Burke is the only man whose common conversation corresponds...general fame which he has in the world. Take up whatever topic you please, he is ready to meet you.' Ib. iv. 19. ' His talk is the ebullition of his mind ;... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1897 - 532 strani
...ohnson. " He praised its 'affluence.' ft. ii. 181. ' His stream of mind is perpetual.' 16. ii. 450. ' Burke is the only man whose common conversation corresponds...general fame which he has in the world. Take up whatever topic you please, he is ready to meet you.' Ib. iv. 19. 'His talk is the ebullition of his mind ; he... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1897 - 530 strani
...may be called the art of thinking, the art of using his mind.' Ib. iv. 427. * ' Burke (said Johnson) is the only man whose common conversation corresponds...with the general fame which he has in the world.' Jb. iv. 19. It was no doubt the excellence of Johnson's talk that made Burke affirm 'that Boswell's... | |
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