 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
 | Francis Beckford Ward - 1866 - 600 strani
...collector than his contemporary, Horace Walpole. Di-. 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 192 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 the Honourable Horace Walpole is often called,) Johnson allowed that he got together a great many curious... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 346 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." — Boswell. Of Mr. Johnson's Toryism the world has long been witness. Says Garrick to him one day,... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 348 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,...you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding."—Boswell. Of Mr. Johnson's Toryism the world has long been witness. Says Garrick to... | |
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - 1882 - 638 strani
...seats. When Mrs. Siddons called upon him, and the servant could not immediately bring her a chair. I have found you an argument, but I am not obliged to find you an understanding. When a pertinacious gentleman, with whom Johnson had been talking, said, " I don't understand you,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 626 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... | |
 | Enchiridion - 1885 - 292 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." A Big Price. A young man who was talking away with great freedom to Dr. Johnson at last said, " Ah,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 strani
...of it." "I don't understand you, sir," said a pertinacious gentleman. 'Sir," was the happy retort, " I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding." A wife who had fraudulently made a purse to herself out of her husband's fortune, on her death-bed... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 470 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 V To rule o'er freemen should them- pomposity, all of which she describes selves be free.' in an amusing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1888 - 356 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.' Bosweii's Life of Johnson, iv. 313. Army: I DOUBT not but I shall hear on this occasion of the service... | |
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