 | James Boswell - 1822 - 508 pages
...This, as Dr. Adams well observed, was one of those happy turns for which he was so remarkably ready. wits ; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords !...of a whore, and the manners of a dancing-master." ' The character of a " respectable Hottentot," in Lord Chesterfield's Letters, has been generally understood... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1824 - 902 pages
...remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of lord Chesterfield, did not refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with...teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing master.'' The character of" a respectable Hottentot," in lord Chesterfield's Letters, has been... | |
 | James Boswell - 1824 - 452 pages
...remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield, did not refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with...Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords."0 And when his Letters to his natural son were published, he observed, that " they teach the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 440 pages
...remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of lord Chesterfield, did not refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with...morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing-master h." The character of a " respectable Hottentot," in lord Chesterfield's Letters, has been generally... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 442 pages
...from — inter doctos nobilissimus, inter nobiles doctissimus, inter utrosque optimus ; (ex Apuleio. Letters to his natural son were published, he observed,...morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing-master h." The character of a " respectable Hottentot," in lord Chesterfield's Letters, has been generally... | |
 | George Moir - 1827 - 466 pages
...remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield, did not refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with...letters to his natural son were published, he observed, " They teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing-master." In 1776, Boswell showed him,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 576 pages
...remarkably ready. Johnson, having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield, did not refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with...(said he,) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, 1 find, he is only a wit among Lords."$ And when hi» Letters to his natural son were published, -•Etat.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 630 pages
...remarkably ready. Johnson, having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield, did not refrain stir. I hastened down stairs to the blind lady's room,...uneasiness, for Dr. Johnson had engaged to me to dine Г find, he is only a wit among Lords."} And when his Letters to his natural son were published, t... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831
...remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield, did not refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with...published, he observed, that " they teach the morals of a prostitute, and the manners of a dancingmaster V 1 [This, like all the rest of the affair, seems discoloured... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 602 pages
...remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield, did not refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with...published, he observed, that " they teach the morals of a prostitute, and the manners of a dancingmaster2." 1 fThis, like all the rem of the affair, seems discoloured... | |
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This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords! 
