 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
 | Alexander Hamilton Thompson, Thomas Budd Shaw - 1901 - 862 strani
...(1759). Johnson, who knew Birch during the period in which he was writing his own Dictionary, said, " Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation, but...becomes a torpedo to him and benumbs all his faculties." JEAN Louis DE LOLME (1740?1807), a lawyer of Geneva, published in 1775 a work on The Constitution of... | |
 | Arlo Bates - 1901 - 280 strani
...of rhetoric. I realize that Johnson drew the picture of many an unhappy mortal when he wrote : — C Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation, but < no sooner does he take a pen in hand than it becomes a / torpedo to him, and benumbs all his faculties. — MamK bler. To persons afflicted... | |
 | Arlo Bates - 1901 - 280 strani
...of rhetoric. I realize that Johnson drew the picture of many an unhappy mortal when he wrote : — Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation, but no sooner does he take a pen in hand than it becomes a torpedo to him, and benumbs all his faculties. — Hambier. To persons afflicted... | |
 | Joseph Berg Esenwein - 1902 - 306 strani
...connection with delivery? Because there are so many like Tom Birch, of whom Dr. Johnson said, “He is as brisk as a bee in conversation; but no sooner...torpedo to him, and benumbs all his faculties.” To' be able to write as though speaking to an audience is the highest attainment in preparation. In... | |
 | Joseph Berg Esenwein - 1902 - 314 strani
...connection with delivery ? Because there are so many like Tom Birch, of whom Dr. Johnson said, " He is as brisk as a bee in conversation; but no sooner...a torpedo to him, and benumbs all his faculties." To be able to write as though speaking to an audience is the highest attainment in preparation. In... | |
 | Richard Copley Christie - 1902 - 740 strani
...eminently unreadable. The English lives are mostly due to Birch. ' Tom Birch,' said Dr. Johnson, ' is as brisk as a bee in conversation, but no sooner does he take a pen in hand than it becomes a torpedo, and benumbs all his faculties.' Soon after its appearance, JG de Chaufepi6,... | |
 | Richard Copley Christie - 1902 - 532 strani
...eminently unreadable. The English lives are mostly due to Birch. ' Tom Birch,' said Dr. Johnson, ' is as brisk as a bee in conversation, but no sooner does he take a pen in hand than it becomes a torpedo, and benumbs all his faculties.' Soon after its appearance, JG de Chaufepie,... | |
 | Richard Copley Christie - 1902 - 490 strani
...eminently unreadable. The English lives are mostly due to Birch. ' Tom Birch," said Dr. Johnson, ' is as brisk as a bee in conversation, but no sooner does he take a pen in hand than it becomes a torpedo, and benumbs all his faculties.' Soon after its appearance, JG de Chaufepie,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1903 - 1252 strani
...The Idler. No. sr. What is read twice is commonly better remembered than what is transcribed. NO. 74. Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation ; but...becomes a torpedo to him, and benumbs all his faculties. Life ofJvhnion (Boswell). 1 Vol. i. Chnp. rii. 1743. Wretched un-idea'd girls. Chap.x. 1702. This man... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1903 - 1186 strani
...rememhered than what is transcrihed. iVo. 74. Tom Birch is as hrisk as a hee in conversation ; hat no sooner does he take a pen in his hand than it hecomes a torpedo to him, and henamhs all his facnlties. Life of Johnson (Boswell).l Vol. i. Chap.... | |
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