 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 pages
...England," said Boswell. " I shall suffer them to do it corporeally, if they can find a tree to do it upon." When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. Being in company with one who thought fit to maintain Berkeley's ingenious philosophy that nothing... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1884 - 634 pages
...answered, — 'Why should you think so? Depend upon it, Sir, when any man knows he is to be hanged in i fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.' " JOHNSON. " Sir, as Dodd got it from me'to pass as his own, while that could do him any good, that was an implied promise that I should... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1887 - 492 pages
...of character, and had the courtHe said that he was the most im- interest when you stood for Chammade made of wax, which was to have been left in his place...fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully." ' JOtfrNSON. 'Sir, as Dodd got it from me to pass as his own, while that could do him any good, there... | |
 | James Boswell, Samuel Johnson - Authors, English - 1887 - 490 pages
...leaving the world persuaded that The Convict's Address to his unhappy Brethren was of his own writing1. ' But, Sir, (said I,) you contributed to the deception...pass as his own, while that could do him any good, there was an implied promise that I should not own it. To own it, therefore, would have been telling... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1888 - 544 pages
...Hunter, the great surgeon, should not press too tightly upon the was in attendance to try and resuscitate Dodd's own, because it had a great deal more force...pass as his own, while that could do him any good, there was an impl1ed promise that I should not own it. To own it, therefore, would have been telling... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1889 - 464 pages
...anything known to be his, you answered, — ' Why should you think so ? Depend upon it, Sir, when any man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates...Sir, as Dodd got it from me to pass as his own, while chat could do him any good, that was an implied promise that I Ihould not own it. To own it, therefore,... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1891 - 412 pages
...concentrated which produces high convenience,' v. 29. CONCENTRATES. ' Depend upon it. Sir, when à man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight it concentrates his mind wonderfully,' iii. 190. CONCLUSIVE. ' There is nothing conclusive in his talk,' iii. 65. CONE. ' Л country governed... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 546 pages
...and the unhappy criminal had him. But all was found useless. been charged to struggle as little as Dodd's own, because it had a great deal more force...pass as his own, while that could do him any good, there was an implied promise that I should not own it. To own it, therefore, would have been telling... | |
 | 1900 - 674 pages
...forcibly, Johnson felt bound not to expose him. " Why should you think so ? Depend upon it, sir, when any man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfolly." On another occasion, Johnson expressed a doubt himself as to whether Dodd had really... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - Poets, English - 1902 - 724 pages
...forcibly, Johnson felt bound not to expose him. " Why should you think so ? Depend upon it, air, when any man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully." On another occasion, Johnson expressed a doubt himself as to whether Dodd had really composed a certain... | |
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Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. 
