 Why, Sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an excess of stupidity, Sir, is not in Nature."— "So," said he, "I allowed him all his own merit.  The Life of Samuel Johnson - Page 127by James Boswell - 1873 - 576 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 pages
...ditch and tumbling into it." He laughed heartily when I mentioned to him a saying of his concerning Mr. Thomas Sheridan, which Foote took a wicked pleasure...Sheridan cannot bear me. I bring his declamation to a point3. I ask him a plain question, ' What do you 1 Tim opinion was given by him more at large at a... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 374 pages
...ditch and tumbling into it." He laughed heartily when I mentioned to him a saying of his concerning Mr. Thomas Sheridan, which Foote took a wicked pleasure...deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an access ot stupidity, Sir, is not in Nature." — " So," said he, " I allowed him all his own merit."... | |
 | James Boswell - 1858 - 482 pages
...ditch and tumbling into it." He laughed heartily when I mentioned to him a saying of his concerning Mr. Thomas Sheridan, which Foote took a wicked pleasure...deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an access of stupidity, Sir, is not in Nature." " So," said he, " I allowed him all his own merit." He... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 pages
...great deal of wit, Sir ? " He laughed heartily when I mentioned to him a saying of his concerning Mr. UKCU S Ius :x g 9A u`i |q n s C J! ]# p-c . 36 ࢅ B... pm F 맿k # ך ">F %r,I h T ƽ ] 5KJ o q a plain question, 'What do you mean to teach?' 3 Besides, Sir, what influence can Mr. Sheridan have... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 496 pages
...ditch and tumbling into it." He laughed heartily when I mentioned to him a saying of his concerning Mr. Thomas Sheridan, which Foote took a wicked pleasure...deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an access of stupidity, Sir, is not in Nature." " So," said he, " I allowed him all his own merit." He... | |
 | Howard Payson Arnold - 1868 - 514 pages
...Bozzy, " He — Johnson — laughed heartily when I mentioned to him a saying of his concerning Mr. Thomas Sheridan, which Foote took a wicked pleasure...Such an excess of stupidity, sir, is not in nature.' '" My own observation teaches me that, though the remark of the Great Bear of the eighteenth century... | |
 | William Clark Russell - 1871 - 550 pages
...usual. He abused all the English poets, because none of them had written to the heart. — Hannah More. Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull ; but it...Such an excess of stupidity, sir, is not in nature. Sheridan cannot bear me. I bring his declamation to a point. I ask him a plain question, " What do... | |
 | James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 pages
...and tumbling into it. ' He laughed heartily when I mentioned to him a saying of his concerning Mr. & [F h Vshw i { V !(t6 J W i # 4 / c 3 `7 R...Uy f r: & c Q` Ѳ *0 rF9 l YN ^q ' ͭ ,D; sce him. Such an excess of stupidity, sir, is not in nature.' — 'So,' said he, 'I allowed him all... | |
 | William Mathews - 1874 - 202 pages
...graphically described these persons in his account of the of the conversation of the elder Sheridan : " Why, Sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull ; but it...become what we now see him. Such an excess of stupidity is not in nature.'' Yet never will you extort from such persons the admission that their ill-success... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 602 pages
...and tumbling into it." He laughed heartily, when I mentioned to him a saying of his concerning Mr. Thomas Sheridan, which Foote took a wicked pleasure...taken him a great deal of pains to become what we • This opinion was given by him more at large at a subsequent period. See " Journal of a Tour to... | |
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