 Johnson having argued for some time with a pertinacious gentleman ; his opponent, who had talked in a very puzzling manner, happened to say, " I don't understand you, Sir ; " upon which Johnson observed, " Sir, I have found you an argument ; but I am...  The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone - Stran 198avtor: James Boswell - 1821Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 570 strani
...pertinacious gentleman; his opponent, who had talked in a very puzzling manner, happened to' say, " I don't understand you, sir;" upon which Johnson observed,...understanding." Talking to me of Horry Walpole (as Horace, now Earl of Orford, was often called), Johnson allowed that he got together a great many curious little... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 600 strani
...pertinacious gentleman; his opponent, who had talked in a very puzzling manner, happened to say, " I don't understand you, sir;" upon which Johnson observed,...but I am not obliged to find you an understanding." .. ••-• ... -.n,vi Talking to me of Horry Walpole (as Horace, nowEarl of Orford, was often called),... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 456 strani
...pertinacious gentleman ; his opponent, who had talked in a very puzzling manner, happened to say, " I don't understand you, Sir ; " upon which Johnson observed,...understanding." Talking" to me of Horry Walpole (as Horace, now Earl of Orford, was often called), Johnson allowed that he got together a great many curious little... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 590 strani
...pertinacious gentleman; his opponent, who had talked in a very puzzling manner, happened to say, " I do n't understand you, sir; " upon which Johnson observed,...understanding." Talking to me of Horry Walpole (as 1 [Ante, p. 115.— ED.] * See ante, vol. ip 171 — Boiwn.i« Horace, now Earl of Orford, was often... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1849 - 634 strani
...pertinacious gentleman : his opponent, who had talked in a very puzzling manner, happened to say, "I don't understand you, Sir," upon which Johnson observed,...but I am not obliged to find you an understanding." ' When he was ill, on one occasion, he asked Ms much- valued friend, Mr. Langton, to tell him sincerely... | |
 | 1913 - 610 strani
...hac talked in a very puzzling manner, happened to say, ' I don't understand you, sir ' ; upon whicl Johnson observed, ' Sir, I have found you an argument ; but I am not obliged to find vou an understanding.' " — BoswelJ, vol. viii. "(1835) p. 317. In ' The Vicar of Wakefielcl,' chap.... | |
 | 1913 - 686 strani
...pertinacious gentleman ; his opponent, who hac talked in a very puzzling manner, happened to say, ' I don't understand you, sir ' ; upon which Johnson observed, ' Sir, I have found you nn argument ; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.' " — JJoswell, vol. viii. '(1835)... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 322 strani
...pertinacious gentleman : his opponent, who had talked in a very puzzling manner, happened to gay, "I don't understand you, Sir;" upon which Johnson observed,...allowed that he got together a great many curious little thing?, and told them in an elegant manner. Mr. Walpole thought Johnson a more amiable character after... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - 1860 - 540 strani
...puzzling manner, his opponent said : " I don't understand you, sir;" upon which Johnson replied, " Sir, I have found you an argument, but I am not obliged to find you an understanding." In the same spirit was his answer, according to Mrs. Thrale's account, when she was lamenting the death... | |
 | 1866 - 346 strani
...collector than his contemporary, Horace Walpole. Dr. Johnson remarked on Walpole's writings, that " he had got together a great many curious little things and told them in an elegant manner." With the slightest verbal alteration the same might have been said with equal truth of his collection... | |
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