 | Books - 1811 - 576 pages
...Johnson told me once, " he would hang a dog that read the Lycidas twice." " What then," replied I, " must become of me, who can say it by heart ; and who...returned the growler, " in a surfeit of bad taste." Not to feel the wit of the reply is impossible : but, after the smile which it must occasion has subsided,... | |
 | 1812 - 560 pages
...Johnson told me once, " he would hang a dog that read the Lycidas twice." " What then," replied I, " must become of me. who can say it by heart; and who often repeat it to myself, with a deli lit " which grows by what it feeds upon ?" " Die," returned the growler, " in a surfeit of bad... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1812 - 562 pages
...me once, " he would hang a dog that read the Lycidas twice." " What then," icplied I, " must becoo c of me, who can say it by heart ; and who often repeat...returned the growler, " in a surfeit of bad taste." ISot to feel the wit of the reply is impossible ; but, after the smile which it must occasion has subsided... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 402 pages
...once, " he would hang a dog that read the ' Lycidas ' of Milton twice." " What, then," replied I, " must become of me, who can say it by heart ; and who...which reason attempted to rear against his injustice! 504. Last Visit to Lichfield. Oct. 29- 1784. — I have lately been in the almost daily habit of contemplating... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1835 - 460 pages
...once, " he would hang a dog that read the ' Lycidas' of Milton twice." " What, then," replied I, " must become of me, who can say it by heart; and who...which reason attempted to rear against his injustice! 504. Last Visit to Lichfield. Oct. 29- 1784. — I have lately been in the almost daily habit of contemplating... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1836 - 656 pages
...once, " he would hang a dog that read the ' Lycidas ' of Milton twice." " What, then," replied I, " must become of me, who can say it by heart ; and who...which reason attempted to rear against his injustice ! 5Ok Last Visit to Lichfield. Oct. 29. 178 1,. — I have lately been in the almost daily habit of... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - English literature - 1840 - 396 pages
...told Anna Seward that " he would hang a dog that read that poem twice." " What then," said Anna, " must become of me, who can say it by heart, and who...myself with a delight which grows by what it feeds on ?" " Die," said Boswell's Bear, " in a surfeit of bad taste*." This is surely, not only what the... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - English literature - 1840 - 370 pages
...told Anna Seward that " he would hang a dog that read that poem twice." " What then," said Anna, " must become of me, who can say it by heart, and who...myself with a delight which grows by what it feeds on ?" " Die," said Boswell's Bear, " in a surfeit of bad taste*." This is surely, not only what the... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 364 pages
...told Anna Seward that " he would hang a dog that read that poem twice." " What then," said Anna, " must become of me, who can say it by heart, and who...myself with a delight which grows by what it feeds on ?" " Die," said Boswell's Bear, " in a surfeit of bad taste*." This is surely, not only what the... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1842 - 544 pages
...once, " he would hang a dog that read the ' Lycidas' of Milton twice." " What, then," replied I, " must become of me, who can say it by heart; and who...which reason attempted to rear against his injustice! 504. Last Visit to Lichfield. Oct. 29, 1784. — I have lately been in the almost daily habit of contemplating... | |
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he would hang a dog that read the ' Lycidas ' of Milton twice." " What, then," replied I, " must become of me, who can say it by heart ; and who often repeat it to myself with a delight, which grows by what it feeds upon ? " " Die," returned the growler,... 
