 Sir, it is no matter what you teach them first, any more than what leg you shall put into your breeches first. Sir, you may stand disputing which is best to put in first, but in the meantime your breech is bare. Sir, while you are considering which of...  Dr. Johnson, His Friends and His Critics - Page 194by George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1878 - 345 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...Some very delicate frames, indeed, may be affected by wet weather ; but not common constitutions'.' We talked of the education of children ; and I asked...your child first, another boy has learnt them both.' poor compensation for envy, censure, and persecution. My own experience, at least, has taught me a... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...Some very delicate frames, indeed, may be affected by wet weather ; but not common constitutions'." We talked of the education of children ; and I asked...your child first, another boy has learnt them both.' poor compensation for envy, censure, and persecution. My own experience, at least, has taught me a... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...your breeches first. Sir, you may stand disputing which is best to put in first, but in the mean time your breech is bare. Sir, while you are considering...your child first, another boy has learnt them both." On Thursday, July 28, we again supped in private at the Turk's Head coffee-house. JOHNSON. " Swift... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
...your breeches first. Sir, you may stand disputing which is best to put in first, but in the mean time your breech is bare. Sir, while you are considering...your child first, another boy has learnt them both." On Thursday, July 28, we again supped in private at the Turk's Head coffee-house. JOHNSON. " Swift... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 pages
...your breeches first. Sir, you may stand disputing which is best to put in first, but in the mean time your breech is bare. Sir, while you are considering...your child first, another boy has learnt them both." Johnson himself began to learn Latin with Mr. Hawkins, usher, or under-master of Lichfield school,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...pat in first, but ia the mean time your breech is bare. Sir, while you are considering which oftwo things you should teach your child first, another boy has learnt them both." Oo Thursday, July 48, we again supped in private at the Turk's Head coffee-house. JOHNSON. "Swift has... | |
 | John Selden - Religion and state - 1818 - 678 pages
...your breeches first. Sir, you may stand disputing which is best to put in first, but in the mean time your breech is bare. Sir, while you are considering...your child first, another boy has learnt them both." Johnson himself began to learn Latin with Mr. Hawkins, usher, or under-master of Lichfield school,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pages
...your breeches first. Sir, you may stand disputing which is best to put in first, but in the mean time your breech is bare. Sir, while you are considering...your child first, another boy has learnt them both." On Thursday, July 28, we again supped in private at the Turk's Head coffee-house. JOHNSON. " Swift... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1822 - 508 pages
...put in first, but in the mean time your breech is bare. Sir, while you are considering which of twro things you should teach your child first, another boy has learnt them both." On Thursday, July 28, we again supped in private at the Turk's Head coffee-house. JOHNSON. " Swift... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 514 pages
...first, but in the mean time your breech is bare. Sir, while you are considering which of two tilings you should teach your child first, another boy has learnt them both." On Thursday, July '28, we again supped in private at the Turk's Head coffee-house. JOHNSON. " Swift... | |
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