 ... else that denoted his imbecility. I as much believe that he wrote it, as if I had seen him do it. Sir, had he shown it to any one friend, he would not have been allowed to publish it. He has, indeed, done it very well ; but it is a foolish thing well...  The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 213by James Boswell - 1823Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Irish Literature (in English) - 1854 - 348 pages
...becoming at last the grave of its freedom. » " OLIVER GOLDSMITH." Of this vindication Dr Johnson said, " He has indeed done it very well ; but it is a foolish thing well done." * In the course of this year, he finished his History of the Earth and Animated Nature, which was not... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Natural history - 1854 - 614 pages
...who is a foolish tiling well done. I suppose he has been so ' • ' !- •' - -J: * — n:_.ir~..iu much elated with the success of his new comedy, that he has thought everything that concerned him must be happened to be in the adjacent room, sallied forth, interfered... | |
 | John Forster - 1854 - 578 pages
...&c." Garrick Correspondence, i. 583. " he would not have been allowed to publish it. He has, 1773. " indeed, done it very well ; but it is a foolish thing well ^t. 45. " done. I suppose he has been so much elated by the " success of his new comedy that he has... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1855 - 582 pages
...much believe that he wrote it, as if I had seen him do it. Sir, had he shewn it to any one friend, he would not have been allowed to publish it. He has...the success of his new comedy, that he has thought everything that concerns him must be of importance to the public.' About a month after this, to oblige... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1858 - 336 pages
...much believe that he wrote it as if I had seen him do it. Sir, had he shown it to any one friend, he would not have been allowed to publish it. He has,...the success of his new comedy, that he has thought everything that concerned him must be of importance to the public." • An amusing anecdote is given,... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1860 - 960 pages
...much believe that he wrote it, as if I had seen him do it. Sir, had he shown it to any one friend, he an a day-labou smith " to take him off the rack of the newspapers." Some of the squibs have been reprinted by Prior... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 pages
...much believe that he wrote it, as if I had seen him do it. Sir, had he shown it to nny one friend, he would not have been allowed to publish it. He has,...thought every thing that concerned him must be of smith " to take him off the rack of the newspapers." Soe* of the squibs have been reprinted by Prior... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1861 - 570 pages
...do it Sir, had he shewn it to any one friend, he would not have been allowed to publish it. He Las indeed done it very well ; but it is a foolish thing...the success of his new comedy, that he has thought everything that concerns him must be of importance to the public.' About a month after thia, to oblige... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1864 - 464 pages
...spoon, or do anything else that denoted his imbecility. Sir, had he shown it to any one friend, he would not have been allowed to publish it. He has,...the success of his new comedy, that he has thought everything that concerned him must be of importance to the public." \ CHAPTEE XXXIX. BOSWELL IN HOLT-WEEK.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1864 - 436 pages
...last the grave of its freedom." A just and a noble sentiment, which drew from Johnson the remark, " He has indeed done it very well, but it is a foolish thing well done." One might now expect that with a reputation firmly established, a favourite poet, a popular novelist,... | |
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