...remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield, did not refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with...of a whore, and the manners of a dancing-master." * 1 This, like all the rest of the affair, seems discoloured by prejudice. Lord Chesterfield made no...

...remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield, did not refrain o, I dancing master." 3 The character of a "respectable Hottentot," in Lord Chesterfield's Letters, has...

...happy turns, ' was defensive pride.' ' This man,' he afterwards said, referring to Chesterfield, ' I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords.' In revenge, Chesterfield in his Letters depicted Johnson, it is said, in the character of the 'respectable...

...his happy turns, " was defensive pride." " This man," he afterward said, referring to Chesterfield, " I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords." In revenge, Chesterfield in his Letters depicted Johnson. it is said, in the character of the " respectable...

...to describe Dr. Johnson under the character of a respectable Hottentot. But Johnson paid him off " This man," said he, '* I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords." How he dealt with infidel books and their editors, may be learned from a single anecdote, which shows...

...the best king, thou shalt find the best king of good fellows. King Henrg V. Act v. Se. 2. This man I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords. SAMUEL JOHNSON. A wit with dunces, aud a dunce with wits. POPE. Hunciad. Book iv. Line 92. Although...

...patronised by the Peer, of whom it was afterwards said by the author of the dictionary, " This man. I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among, lords." In connexion with Mr. Andrew Millar, Messrs. Knapton, Messrs. Longman, and Mr. Hitch, Dodsley became...

...meant to describe Dr. Johnson under the character of a respectable Hottentot. But Johnson paid him off. "This man," said he, " I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords." How he dealt with infidel books and their editors, may be learned from a single anecdote, which shows...

...! All sunk beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore. On the Loss of the Royal George. This man I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords. — SAMUEL JOHNSON. A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits. POPE. Dunciad. Booh iv. Line 92. Although...

...good was given to him, and he was too humble ever to refuse the gift. — Horace Walpole. This man, I thought, had been a lord among wits ; but I find he is only a wit among lords. — Johnson. (His " Letters") teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing-master. —...