 | James Boswell - 1858 - 482 pagina’s
...Dr. Adams well observed, was one of those happy turns 1 for which he was so remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield,...published, he observed, that " they teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing-master." ' 1 This, like all the rest of the affair, seems discoloured... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 496 pagina’s
...Dr. Adams well observed, was one of those happy turns' for which he was so remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield,...published, he observed, that " they teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing-master." * 1 This, like all the rest of the affair, seems discoloured... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 pagina’s
...Dr. Adams well observed, was one of those happy turns ! for which he was so remarkably ready. Johnson t the High Church or Englandman would be so prompt in quoting ííanprrtuii, who, I whore, and the manners of a dancing master." 3 The character of a "respectable Hottentot," in Lord... | |
 | Katherine Thomson - 1860 - 376 pagina’s
...happy turns, ' was defensive pride.' ' This man,' he afterwards said, referring to Chesterfield, ' I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords.' In revenge, Chesterfield in his Letters depicted Johnson, it is said, in the character of the 'respectable... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - 1861 - 520 pagina’s
...his happy turns, " was defensive pride." " This man," he afterward said, referring to Chesterfield, " I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords." In revenge, Chesterfield in his Letters depicted Johnson. it is said, in the character of the " respectable... | |
 | James Whiteside - 1862 - 100 pagina’s
...to describe Dr. Johnson under the character of a respectable Hottentot. But Johnson paid him off " This man," said he, '* I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords." How he dealt with infidel books and their editors, may be learned from a single anecdote, which shows... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1865 - 366 pagina’s
...patronised by the Peer, of whom it was afterwards said by the author of the dictionary, " This man. I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among, lords." In connexion with Mr. Andrew Millar, Messrs. Knapton, Messrs. Longman, and Mr. Hitch, Dodsley became... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 pagina’s
...the best king, thou shalt find the best king of good fellows. King Henrg V. Act v. Se. 2. This man I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords. SAMUEL JOHNSON. A wit with dunces, aud a dunce with wits. POPE. Hunciad. Book iv. Line 92. Although... | |
 | James Whiteside - 1868 - 498 pagina’s
...meant to describe Dr. Johnson under the character of a respectable Hottentot. But Johnson paid him off. "This man," said he, " I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords." How he dealt with infidel books and their editors, may be learned from a single anecdote, which shows... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 pagina’s
...! All sunk beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore. On the Loss of the Royal George. This man I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords. — SAMUEL JOHNSON. A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits. POPE. Dunciad. Booh iv. Line 92. Although... | |
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Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield, did not refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom: 'This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among... 
