 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1885 - 436 pages
...Langton, that Johnson said to him, ' Sir, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing, than to act one ; no more right to say a rude thing to another...approbation,) declared, he was glad that his father, who was a West India planter, had left his affairs in total ruin, because, having no estate, he was not under... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - Great Britain - 1885 - 498 pages
...Johnson, with a warmth of approbation, 'declared he was i glad that his father, who was a West India planter, had left his affairs in total ruin, because,...he was not under the temptation of having slaves' (BoswELL, vii. 375). He took the degree of MB at Peterhouse, Cambridge, in 1745, and afterwards studied... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1887 - 466 pages
...Langton that Johnson said to him, " Sir, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing, than to act one; no more right to say a rude thing to another...to knock him down."' ' My dear friend Dr. Bathurst 5 , (said he with a warmth of approbation) declared he was glad that his father, who was a West-Indian... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1887 - 470 pages
...Langton that Johnson said to him, " Sir, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing, than to act one ; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down." ' ' My dear friend Dr. Bathurst3, (said he with a warmth of approbation) declared he was glad that his father, who was a West-Indian... | |
 | 1887 - 784 pages
...hand, after death as before? w. E. м. A MAJÍ has no more right to say an uncivil thing than to act one; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down. MEN who think for themselves do not believe quite so much as those do wht> take what they have from... | |
 | Edward John Hardy - Conduct of life - 1887 - 300 pages
...point Dr. Johnson once remarked : " Sir, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than to act one — no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down." The vain egotism that disregards others is shown in various impolite ways ; as, for instance, by neglect... | |
 | P. Garrett - 1888 - 952 pages
...virtue room,— The best that may be had. A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than to act one, no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down. Dr. Johruon. Go and toil in any vineyard; Do not fear to do or dare ; If you want a field of labor,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1888 - 356 pages
...successive relaters. Works, vi. 42. Incivility : A MAN has no more right to say an uncivil thing than to act one ; no more right to say a rude thing to another than tO knock him down. Boswell's Life of Johxsm, iv. 28. 1 Dr. Joseph Warton, author of an Essay on the Writings and Genius... | |
 | Mormons - 1888 - 640 pages
...wrote: "Sir, a man 290 LKTTERS TO YOUNG MEN. has no more right to s<'j/ an uncivil thing than to act one — no more right to say a rude thing, to another than to knock him down." When you see people neglect propriety in dress, show absence of cleanliness, or indulge in repulsive... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 578 pages
...Langton that Johnson said to him, ' Sir, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing, than to act one ; no more right to say a rude thing to another...' declared he was glad that his father, who was a West India planter, had left his affairs in total ruin, because, having no estate, he was not under... | |
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Sir, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing, than to act one ; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down. 
