 ... 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
 | Washington Irving - 1903 - 336 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,...has been so much elated with the success of his new 35 comedy, that he has thought everything that concerned him must be of importance to the public."... | |
 | Washington Irving - Authors, Irish - 1903 - 432 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,...done. I suppose he has been so much elated with the 10 success of his new comedy, that he has thought everything that concerned him must be of importance... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1852
...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,...has been so much elated with the success of his new comeuy, that he has thought every thing that concerned him must be of importance to the public." BOSWELL... | |
 | Frank Frankfort Moore - Authors, Irish - 1910 - 530 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." Boswell remarked, " I fancy, sir,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1911 - 346 pages
...a spoon, or do anything else that denoted his imbecility. Sir, had he shown it to anyone friend, he would not have been allowed to publish it. He has,...has been so much elated with the success of his new 35 comedy, that he has thought everything that concerned him must be of importance to the public."... | |
 | Sir Ernest Clarke - 1920 - 60 pages
...he would have asked me to feed him with a spoon, or to do anything else that denoted imbecility .... He has indeed done it very well, but it is a foolish thing well done." Percy says in the Memoir (p. 107): " The subject of this dispute was long discussed in the public papers,... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1998 - 1540 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,...concerned him must be of importance to the publick.' Bos WELL. 'I fancy, Sir, this is the first time that he has been engaged in such an adventure.' JOHNSON.... | |
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