 It has been circulated, I know not with what authenticity, that Johnson considered Dr. Birch as a dull writer, and said of him, 'Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation ; but no sooner does he take a pen in his hand, than it becomes a torpedo to...  Boswell's Life of Johnson: Life (v.l, 1709-1765 - Stran 159avtor: James Boswell - 1887Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 strani
...minute hand; but he strikes the hour very correctly. SAMUEL JOHNSON—Johnsoniana. Kearsley. L. 604. 14 Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation; but...becomes a torpedo to him, and benumbs all his faculties. SAMUEL JOHNSON—Bosweu's Life. (1743) is Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen.... | |
 | Charles Henry Woolbert, Andrew Thomas Weaver - 1922 - 424 strani
...and technique of writing easily and effectively. Samuel Johnson once said, as reported by Boswell, " Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation; but...becomes a torpedo to him and benumbs all his faculties." It should be said that it would probably be much easier for a man in Tom Birch's shoes to learn how... | |
 | John Earle Uhler - 1926 - 200 strani
...sacrifice, in a contemptible struggle. 22. For what end is young Humbert thus to be bedeviled? 23. Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation; but no sooner does he take r. pen in his hand than it becomes a torpedo to him, and benumbs all his faculties. 24. Well, then,... | |
 | William Norwood Brigance - 1927 - 356 strani
...itself explains its meaning—and are like Tom Birch of whom the caustic Samuel Johnson said, "He is brisk as a bee in conversation ; but no sooner does he take pen in hand than it becomes a torpedo to him, and benumbs all his faculties." The task of our collegiate... | |
 | William Norwood Brigance - 1927 - 352 strani
...itself explains its meaning—and are like Tom Birch of whom the caustic Samuel Johnson said, "He is brisk as a bee in conversation; but no sooner does he take pen in hand than it becomes a torpedo to him, and benumbs all his faculties." The task of our collegiate... | |
 | Estelle Headley Davis, Edward William Mammen - 1927 - 358 strani
...itself explains its meaning—and are like Tom Birch of whom the caustic Samuel Johnson said, "He is brisk as a bee in conversation ; but no sooner does he take pen in hand than it becomes a torpedo to him, and benumbs all his faculties." The task of our collegiate... | |
 | James Boswell - 1998 - 1540 strani
...Mead,f which is conceived with great address, to conciliate the patronage of that very eminent man. 1 It has been circulated, I know not with what authenticity,...a torpedo to him, and benumbs all his faculties.' That the literature of this country is much indebted to Birch's activity and diligence must certainly... | |
 | 1880 - 972 strani
...for an hour without opening his mouth. Another member was Dr. Birch. " Dr. Birch," said Johnson, " is as brisk as a bee in conversation, but no sooner does he take a pen in his hand than it becomes like a torpedo to him and benambs all his faculties." The Doctor was born in 1705, of Quaker parentage,... | |
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