 he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull everywhere : he was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him great : he was a mechanical poet." In 1791 Walpole writes, "After the Doctor's death, Burke, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and Boswell sent...  London - Pagina 146geredigeerd door - 1842Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pagina’s
...was not dull in poetry." JOHNSON. "Sir, he was dull in company, doll in his closet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think Kim GREAT. He was a mechanical poet." He then repeated some ludicrous lines, which have escaped my... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pagina’s
...not dull in poetry." JOHNSON. " Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him GREAT. He was a mechanical poet." He then repeated some ludicrous lines, which have escaped my memory, and said, " Is not that GREAT,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 378 pagina’s
...not dull in poetry." JOHNSON. " Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him GREAT. He was a mechanical poet." He then repeated some ludicrous lines, which have escaped my memory, and said, " Is not that GREAT,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 480 pagina’s
...not dull in poetry." JOHNSON. " Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him GREAT. * My noble friend Lord Pembroke said once to me at Wilton, with a happy pleasantry and some truth,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 576 pagina’s
...was not dull in poetry." JOHNSON: "Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him GREAT. He was a mechanical poet." He then repeated some ludicrous lines, which have escaped my memory, and said, " Is not that GREAT,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 690 pagina’s
...not dull in poetry." JOHN SON. " Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him GREAT. He was a mechanical ' My noble friend Lord Pembroke said once to me at Wilton, with a happy pleasantry and some truth,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 374 pagina’s
...not dull in poetry." JOHNSON. " Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him GREAT. He was a mechanical poet." He then repeated some ludicrous lines, which have escaped my memory, and said, " Is not that GREAT,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 366 pagina’s
...not dull in poetry." JOHNSON. " Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him GREAT. He was a mechanical poet." He then repeated some ludicrous lines, which have escaped my memory, and said, " Is not that GREAT,... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1840 - 616 pagina’s
...undoubtedly calculated to give great offence to VValpole: —" Sir, he was dull in company, dull in to closet, dull everywhere : he was dull in a new way,...made many people think him great: he was a mechanical poet."—E. s " W'e have had," says Mr. Burke, " the great professor and founder of the philosophy... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1842 - 590 pagina’s
...give great offence to Walpole : " Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every where: he was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him great: he was a mechanical joet" —E. rable, just, and new." Voltaire he passes almost contemptuously. I •wish he had dissected... | |
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