 | 1850 - 544 pages
...will pass before the eyes of generation! of men of Utter* without notice. In Boswell's Life ofjohnim (chapter viii. of the edition with chapters), there...Let me see : forty times forty is sixteen hundred, so is the proportion of an Englishman to a Frenchman.' " No one of the numerous editors of Boswell... | |
 | 1850 - 524 pages
...Johnson, in which the latter asserts that he could finish his Dictionary in three years. " ADAMS. ' IJut the French Academy, which consists of forty members,...Sir, thus it is. This is the proportion. Let me see i forty times forty is sixteen hundred, so is the proportion of an Englishman to a Frenchman.' 41 No... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 228 pages
...consisting of forty members, took forty years to complete their ' Dictionary.' " " Sir," replied Johnson, " thus it is — this is the proportion : — -Let me...sixteen hundred. As three to sixteen hundred, so is Itheproportion of an Englishman to a Frenchman." / And Johnson was not a boaster. A gruff but real... | |
 | 1854 - 768 pages
...ADAMS. But, sir, how can you do this in three years? — JOHNSON. Sir, I have no doubt that I can do it in three years. — ADAMS. But the French Academy,...JOHNSON. Sir, thus it is. This is the proportion. As three to sixteen hundred, so is the proportion of an Englishman to a Frenchman." The history of... | |
 | 1854 - 704 pages
...ADAMS. But, sir, how can you do this in three years? — JOHNSON. Sir, I have no doubt that I can do it in three years. — ADAMS. But the French Academy,...JOHNSON. Sir, thus it is. This is the proportion. As three to sixteen hundred, so is the proportion of an Englishman to a Frenchman." The history of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 pages
...Cork. He published »even:I works, but tue only original one of any note 1« his " Life of Swift," 1 v,-us sec ; forty times forty is sixteen hundred. As three to sixteen hundred, so is the proportion of an... | |
 | 1860 - 782 pages
...consisted of forty members, took forty years to complete their Dictionary. " Sir," said Johnson, " thus it is : this is the proportion ; let me see — forty times forty are sixteen hundred ; as three to sixteen hundred, so is the proportion of an Englishman to a Frenchman."... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1867 - 158 pages
...Adams, But, sir, how can you do this in three years? Johnson, Sir, I have no doubt that I can do it in three years. Adams, But the French Academy, which...of forty members, took forty years to compile their die-- tionary. Johnson, Sir, thus it is. This is the proportion. Let me see ; forty times forty is... | |
 | James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 pages
...sir, how can you do this in thrce years ? ' Johnson : ' Sir, I have no doubt that I can do it in thrce years.' Adams : ' But the French Academy, which consists...' Sir, thus it is : this is the proportion. Let me sce ; forty times forty is sixtcen hundred. As throc to sixtcen hundred, so is the proportion of an... | |
 | Alexander Main - 1874 - 482 pages
..."But, Sir, how can you dp this in three years?" — JOHNSON: " Sir, I have no doubt that I can do it in three years." — ADAMS : " But the French Academy,...is the proportion of an Englishman to a Frenchman." Johnson engaged six men as amanuenses, five of whom were Scotchmen. We shall see that our Author always... | |
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ADAMS. But, Sir, how can you do this in three years ? JOHNSON. Sir, I have no doubt that I can do it in three years. ADAMS. But the French Academy, which consists of forty members, took forty years to compile their Dictionary. 
