 | 1816 - 600 pages
...reproach to Garrick: he who says he despises it, knows he lies. That Garrick husbanded his fame, the fame which he had justly acquired both at the theatre and...chance? Besides, sir, consider what you have said, you VOL. VIH. 68 first deny Garrick's pretensions to fame, and then accuse him of too great an attention... | |
 | 1816 - 644 pages
...reproach to Garrick: he who says he despises it, knows he lies. That Garrick husbanded his fame, the fame which he had justly acquired both at the theatre and...chance? Besides, sir, consider what you have said, ' VOL. T,ll. ** SoO JOHNSON AND GARKICK. . first deny Garrick's pretensions to fame, and then accuse... | |
 | 1841 - 862 pages
...reproach to Garrick. He who says he despises it, knows he lies. That Garrick hushanded his fame, the fame which he had justly acquired, both at the theatre...denied ; but where is the blame, either in the one or the other, of leaving as little as he could to chance? Sir, Garrick left nothing to chance." A letter... | |
 | Laetitia Matilda Hawkins - 1824 - 388 pages
...acquired both at the theatre and at the table, is not denied; but where is the blame, either in the one or the other, of leaving as little as he could to...pretensions to fame, and then accuse him of too great attention to preserve what he never possessed. G. I don't understand — J. Sir, I can't help that.... | |
 | Laetitia Matilda Hawkins - 1824 - 392 pages
...reproach to Garrick; he who says he despises it, knows he lies. That Garrick husbanded his fame, the fame which he had justly acquired both at the theatre and...denied; but where is the blame, either in the one or the other, of leaving as little as he could to chance ? Besides, 'Sir, consider what you have said:... | |
 | Laetitia Matilda Hawkins - 1824 - 384 pages
...reproach to Garrick ; he who says he despises it, knows he lies. That Garrick husbanded his fame, the fame which he had justly acquired both at the theatre and...denied; but where is the blame, either in the one or the other, of leaving as little as he could to chance ? Besides, Sir, consider what you have said... | |
 | Charles Knapp Dillaway - 1830 - 484 pages
...reproach to Garrick. He who says he despises it, knows he lies. That Garrick husbanded his fame, the fame which he had justly acquired both at the theatre and...other, of leaving as little as he could to chance 1 Besides, sir, consider what you have said. You first deny Garrick's pretensions to fame, and then... | |
 | 1830 - 388 pages
...to Garrick ; he who says he despises it, knows he lies ; that Garrick husbanded his fame, the fame which he had justly acquired both at the theatre and...denied ; but where is the blame either in the one or the other, of leaving as little as he could to chance ? Besides, Sir, consider what you have said,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 584 pages
...there was or was not a probability of his shining. lies. That Garrick husbanded his fame, the fame which he had justly acquired both at the theatre and...not denied; but where is the blame either in the one or the other, of leaving as little as he could to chance ? Besides, sir, consider what you have said;... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 592 pages
...reproach to Garrick ; he who says he despises it knows fie lies; That Garrick husbanded his fame, the fame which he had justly acquired both at the theatre and...denied ; but where is the blame either in the one or the other, of leaving as little as he could to chance ? Besides, sir, consider what you have said;... | |
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In regard to his mean ambition, as you call it, of living with the great, what was the boast of Pope, and is every man's wish, can be no reproach to Garrick: he who says he despises it, knows he lies. 
