 | James Boswell - 1884 - 722 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 Ches1 That collection of Letters... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 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 when Boswell showed... | |
 | Enchiridion - 1884 - 288 pages
...advancement as " a fall up-stairs." Not a Peerless Wit. Dr. Johnson said of Lord Chesterfield, " This man I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords." A Cat may look at a King. Talking of the royal family being seen often at Ranelagh, Lady Townshend... | |
 | James Boswell - 1885 - 490 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."1 And when his Letters to his natural son were published, he observed that " they teach the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 576 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 master2.' The character of ' a respectable Hottentot,' in Lord Chesterfield's letters3, has... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 598 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 Lords1 !' And when his Letters to his natural son were published, he observed, that ' they teach the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1888 - 608 pages
...remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield, did not refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with...among wits ; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords 1 " And when his Letters to his natural son were published, he observed, that " they teach the morals... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 360 pages
...sit Amor. — Eclogues, viii. 43. Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnson. Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnson. (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but I find he is only a wit among Lords ! ' Boswell's Life of Johnson, i. 266. JOHNSON, speaking of his refusal to dedicate his Dictionary... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 574 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." l 1 That collection of Letters cannot be vindicate.) from the serious charge of encouraging,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 566 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." ' 1 That collection of Letters cannot be vindicate:! from the serious charge of encouraging,... | |
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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! 
