 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
 | Christopher Hollis - 1928 - 240 pages
...the lowest opinion of old Sheridan. " Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull," he had once said, " but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to...Such an excess of stupidity, sir, is not in nature." A young man could not well have come to Johnson with a worse introduction. And it was fortunate for... | |
 | Todd Breyfogle - 1999 - 420 pages
...expected to hear, understandable. Of Sheridan, Johnson is reported to have said: "Dull, naturally; but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to...such an excess of stupidity, sir, is not in nature." Johnson was also known to have said of Sheridan to an acquaintance that he had "the misfortune to be... | |
 | Elizabeth M. Knowles - 1999 - 1160 pages
...Life of Samuel ¡olmaon 1 1 79 1 1 2f> July 1 76 3 15 Why, Sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but il must have taken him a great deal of pains to become...see him. Such an excess of stupidity, Sir, is not in Nalure. of Thomas Sheridan James Boswell Life of Samuel Johnson (1791 1 28 July 1763 16 II is burning... | |
 | Carl Edmund Rollyson - 2005 - 321 pages
...tumbling into it." [123] He laughed heartily when I mentioned to him a saying of his concerning Mr. Thomas Sheridan, which Foote took a wicked pleasure...see him. Such an excess of stupidity, Sir, is not in Nature."—"So (said he,) I allowed him all his own merit." [124] He now added, "Sheridan cannot bear... | |
 | Lucia St. Clair Robson - 2006 - 388 pages
...breath. Why did that old misanthrope, Samuel Johnson, have to be right so often? He was the one who said: It must have taken him a great deal of pains to become...Such an excess of stupidity, sir, is not in Nature. "Then at least bring Anderson back here." The colonel pondered that for what seemed an eternity. "All... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 544 pages
...ditch and tumbling into If." He laughed heartily when 1 mentioned to him a saying of his concerning Mr. Thomas Sheridan, which Foote took a wicked pleasure...me. I bring his declamation to a point. I ask him a plain question, "What do you mean to teach? Besides, Sir, what influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon... | |
 | 1853 - 854 pages
...sound appreciation of such overlooked claims when he described the conversation of old Sheridan. " Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull ; but it...an excess of stupidity, sir, is not in nature." So we must be permitted to say of the gentleman whom Lord Derby a few months ago made Recorder of Hull,... | |
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