 I allowed him all his own merit." He now added, "Sheridan cannot bear me. I bring his declamation to a point. I ask him a plain question, 'What do you mean to teach?' Besides, Sir, what influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language of this great country,...  The Wits and Beaux of Society - Pagina 338door Grace Wharton, Philip Wharton - 1861 - 481 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 554 pagina’s
...him a plain queftion, c What do you mean to teach ? ' Befides, Sir, what influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language of this great country by his...Sir, it is burning a farthing candle at Dover, to fhew light at Calais." Talking of a young man who was uneafy from thinking that he was very deficient... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pagina’s
...ask him a plain question, " What do you mean to teach?" Besides, Sir, what influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language of this great country, by his...Sir, it is burning a farthing candle at Dover, to shew light at Calais*.' Talking of a young man* who was uneasy from thinking that he was very deficient... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pagina’s
...ask him a plain question, " What do you mean to teach?" Besides, Sir, what influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language of this great country, by his...Sir, it is burning a farthing candle at Dover, to shew light at Calais'.' Talking of a young man* who was uneasy from thinking that he was very deficient... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pagina’s
...him a plain question, f What do you mean to teach ?' Besides, Sir, what influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language of this great country, by his...Sir, it is burning a farthing candle at Dover, to shew light at Calais." • Talking of a young man who was uneasy from thinking that he was very deficient... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 pagina’s
...him a plain question, 1 What do you mean to teach ?' Besides, Sir, what influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language of this great country, by his narrow exertions 1 Sir, it is burning a farthing candle at Dover, to shew light at Calais." Talking of a young man who... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pagina’s
...him a plain question, ' What do you mean fo teach ?" Besides, Sir, what influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language of this great country, by his...Sir, it is burning a farthing candle at Dover, to shew light at Calais.'-' Talking of a young man who was uneasy from thinking that he was very deficient... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 372 pagina’s
...ask him a plain question, ' What do you mean to teach ?' Beside, sir, what influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language of this great country, by his...farthing candle at Dover, to show light at Calais." Talking of a barrister, who had a bad utterance, someone, to rouse Johnson, wickedly said, that he... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 442 pagina’s
...him a plain qnestion, ' What do.you mean to teach ?" Besides, Sir, what inflnence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language of this great country, by his narrow exertions ? Sir, it is burning a farthing caudle at Dover, to shew light at Calais." Talking of a yonng man who was uneasy from thinking that... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 382 pagina’s
...Johnson's mode of defending a man ; taking him into his own hands, and discriminating. JOHNSON. " No, sir ; there is, to be sure, in Sheridan, something to reprehend, and every thing to langh at ; but, sir, he is not a bad man. No, sir ; were mankind to be divided into good and bad, he... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 384 pagina’s
...influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language of this great country, by his narrow exer. tions ? Sir, it is burning a farthing candle at Dover, to show light at Calais." Talking of a barrister, who had a bad utterance, some one, to rouse Johnson, wickedly said, that he... | |
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