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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 282
by James Boswell - 1823
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Samuel Johnson, His Words and His Ways, what He Said, what He Did, and what ...

Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 346 pages
...— Boswell. Johnson having argued for some time with a pertinacious gentleman, his opponent, who had talked in a very puzzling manner, happened to say,...but I am not obliged to find you an understanding." — Boswell. Of Mr. Johnson's Toryism the world has long been witness. Says Garrick to him one day,...
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Samuel Johnson, His Words and His Ways, what He Said, what He Did, and what ...

Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 348 pages
...wits."—Boswell. Johnson having argued for some time with a pertinacious gentleman, his opponent, who had talked in a very puzzling manner, happened to say,...you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding."—Boswell. Of Mr. Johnson's Toryism the world has long been witness. Says Garrick to...
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Short Sayings of Great Men: With Historical and Explanatory Notes

Samuel Arthur Bent - Anecdotes - 1882 - 638 pages
...seats. When Mrs. Siddons called upon him, and the servant could not immediately bring her a chair. I have found you an argument, but I am not obliged to find you an understanding. When a pertinacious gentleman, with whom Johnson had been talking, said, " I don't understand you,...
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The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with The journal of a tour ..., Volume 3

James Boswell - 1884 - 626 pages
...and honour. Johnson having argued for some time with a pertinacious gentleman ; his opponent, who had talked in a very puzzling manner, happened to say,...understanding." Talking to me of Horry Walpole (as Horace, now Earl of Orford, was often called), Johnson allowed that he got together a great many curious little...
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The Enchiridion of Wit: The Best Specimens of English Conversational Wit

William Shepard Walsh - English wit and humor - 1884 - 288 pages
...Argument. Dr. Johnson having argued for some time with a very pertinacious gentleman, his opponent, who had talked in a very puzzling manner, happened to say,...but I am not obliged to find you an understanding." A Big Price. A young man who was talking away with great freedom to Dr. Johnson at last said, " Ah,...
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Johnsoniana: Life, Opinions, and Table-talk of Doctor Johnson

Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 pages
...of it." "I don't understand you, sir," said a pertinacious gentleman. 'Sir," was the happy retort, " I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding." A wife who had fraudulently made a purse to herself out of her husband's fortune, on her death-bed...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Life

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1887 - 652 pages
...and honour. Johnson having argued for some time with a pertinacious gentleman ; his opponent, who had talked in a very puzzling manner, happened to say,...but I am not obliged to find you an understanding V To rule o'er freemen should them- pomposity, all of which she describes selves be free.' in an amusing...
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Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 502 pages
...Understanding: JOHNSON having argued for some time with a pertinacious gentleman ; his opponent, who had talked in a very puzzling manner, happened to say,...but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.' Bosweii's Life of Johnson, iv. 3i3. Army : I DOUBT not but I shall hear on this occasion of the service...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 4

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1889 - 460 pages
...and honour. Johnson having argued for some time with a pertinacious gentleman ; his opponent, who had talked in a very puzzling manner, happened to say,...understanding." Talking to me of Horry Walpole (as Horace, now Earl of Orford, was often called), Johnson allowed that he got together a great many curious little...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with The Journal of a ..., Volume 4

James Boswell - 1889 - 570 pages
...vindication of Mary Queen of Scots, i. 279 ; his commendation of Johnson's Journey, ii. 283. Understanding. " Sir, I have found you an argument, but I am not obliged to find you an understanding," iv. 231. Unhappiness, the only relief from, forgetting one's self for a little while, iii. 96. Union,...
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