 | William Clark Russell - 1871 - 550 pagina’s
...good was given to him, and he was too humble ever to refuse the gift. — Horace Walpole. This man, I thought, had been a lord among wits ; but I find he is only a wit among lords. — Johnson. (His " Letters") teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing-master. —... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1872 - 864 pagina’s
...good fellows. — Shakespeare, King Henry V. Act v. Sc. 2. This man (Chesterfield) I thought had beena lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords. — Boswell's Johnson, Vol. \\. p. 13. An. 1754. A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits. — Pope,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 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,...natural son were published, he observed that ' they tench the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing-master.'2 The character of a ' respectable... | |
 | James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 pagina’s
...expressing himself concerning that nobleman with pointed frcedom : ' This man,' said he, 'I thought had bcen #W@ W S fYz 9 v8 Kn + 2 O31 ` \ L ; ~ ! ' I And when his Letters to his natural son were published, he observed that ' they teach the morals... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 602 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."* The character of a " respectable Hottentot," in Lord... | |
 | Alexander Main - 1874 - 482 pagina’s
...as Chesterfield was concerned, ever after spoke his mind very freely about the courtly dissembler. "This man," said he, " I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords ! " That is magnificent. And when the nobleman's letters to his natural son were published, Johnson... | |
 | ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 pagina’s
...as Chesterfield was concerned, ever after spoke his mind very freely about the courtly dissembler. " This man," said he, "I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords ! " That is magnificent. And when the nobleman's letters to his natural son were published, Johnson... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pagina’s
...the best king of good fellows. — Shakespeare, King Henry V. Act v. Sc. 2. This man (Chesterfield) I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords. — Boswell's Johnson, Vol. ii. /. 13. An. 1754. A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits. — Pope,... | |
 | 1874 - 382 pagina’s
...Johnson, after being acquainted with Lord Chesterfield, said, ' I see now what this man is. I thought he had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords.'" DOCTOR KOBERTSON.J * John Hall-Stevenson was a relative of Laurence Sterne, and the «' Eugenius" of... | |
 | Dover, Folkestone, and Deal guide - 1875 - 188 pagina’s
...are but children of a larger growth." i22. Lord Chesterfield born. 1694 (dicd in 1773).—" This man I thought had been a lord among wits ; but I find he is only a wit among lords."— Johnson. Rev. C. Simeon bora, 1759 - dicd 1836 4">r 4s 45r 59e 48r 54s 52r 72820 75821 84022 10 59... | |
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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... 
