 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
 | 1904 - 654 strani
...thought so little of Walpole as a man that he would only " allow " — the phrase is Boswell's — " that he got together a great many curious little things and told them in an elegant manner." But who cares twopence about these verdicts now ? It is Walpole no less than Johnson who makes the... | |
 | Lionel Strachey - 1905 - 320 strani
...been arguing with an opponent who happened to say, " I don't understand you, sir." On which the doctor observed, " Sir, I have found you an argument, but I am not obliged to find you an understanding." Of a naturalist who had discoursed largely on the natural history of the mouse, he said, " I wonder... | |
 | Joel Elias Spingarn - 1908 - 376 strani
...and pictai. Cf. Aeneid, vii. 464, ix. 26. PAGE 39. 26-30. Cf. Boswell's Johnson, ed. Hill, iv. 313: 'Sir, I have found you an argument ; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.' PAGE 40. 5. The Pearle in the Fable. Phaedrus, iii. 12. 11-13. M. Annaeus Seneca, Suasoria, in 15.... | |
 | Joel Elias Spingarn - 1908 - 374 strani
...Aquai andpictai. Cf. Aeneid, vii. 464, ix. 26. PAGE 39. 26-30. Cf. Boswell's Johnson, ed. Hill,iv.313: 'Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.' PAGE 40. 5. The Peark in the Fable. Phaedrus, iii. 12. 11-13. M. Annaeus Seneca, Suasoria, i. 11. 15.... | |
 | Joel Elias Spingarn - 1908 - 374 strani
...and pictai. Cf. Aeneid, vii. 464, ix. 26. PAGE 39. 26-30. Cf. Boswell's Johnson, ed. Hill, iv. 313: 'Sir, I have found you an argument ; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.' PAGE 40. 5. The Pearle in the Fable. Phaedrus, iii. 12. 11-13. M. Annaeus Seneca, Suasoria, i. 11.... | |
 | John Patrick McNichols - 1908 - 286 strani
...for the train, ec I returned home. 4. Clever men are desirable, but good men are more desirable. 5. I have found you an argument, but I am not obliged to find you an understanding. 6. A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue grows keener with constant use. 7. A moral,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1910 - 542 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 Wai pole is often called,) Johnson allowed that he got together a great many... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 754 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." . . . He disapproved of Lord Hailes for having modernized the language of the ever memorable John Hales... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 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." ... He disapproved of Lord Hailes for having modernized the language of the ever memorable John Hales... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 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." . . . He disapproved of Lord Hailes for having modernized the language of the ever memorable John Hales... | |
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