 | James Boswell - 1874 - 602 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...is the proportion of an Englishman to a Frenchman." With so much ease and pleasantry could he talk of that prodigious labour which he had undertaken to... | |
 | Alexander Main - 1874 - 480 pages
...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."—JOHNSON: "Sir, thus it is: this is the proportion. Let me see; forty times forty is... | |
 | ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 pages
...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."—JOHNSON : " Sir, thus it is: this is the proportion. Let me see; forty times forty is... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1876 - 432 pages
...consisting of forty members, took forty years to complete their Dictionary." " Sir," replied Johnson, " thus it is — this is the proportion : Let me see,...is the proportion of an Englishman to a Frenchman." And Johnson was not a boaster. A gruff, but real man, his life .was passed beneath the influence of... | |
 | 1877 - 814 pages
...Dictionary " Sir," said Johnson " thur it is : this is the proportion ; let me see — forrj cunts forty are sixteen hundred ; as three to sixteen hundred, so...is the proportion of an Englishman to a Frenchman." Whilst his Dictionary was in progress, he formed a literary club, which met once a week, at the King's... | |
 | James Boswell - 1879 - 302 pages
...— 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,...is the proportion of an Englishman to a Frenchman." — Boswell's "Johnson." Date of 1748.— ED. 1 1 have not dared to disregard Boswell's request. His... | |
 | James Boswell, Andrew Erskine - 1879 - 288 pages
...— 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,...is the proportion of an Englishman to a Frenchman." — Boswell's "Johnson." Date of 1748.— ED. 1 1 have not dared to disregard Boswell's request. His... | |
 | James Boswell, Andrew Erskine - 1879 - 284 pages
...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. JOHNSON.—Sir, thus it is. This is the proportion. Let me see ; forty times forty is sixteen hundred.... | |
 | Henry William Dulcken - 1880 - 858 pages
...sententioasly, " I liave no doubt that I can do it in three years." " But the French Academy," urged Adams, " ɼ}oA ߵw 1 v .T r _\ $ Y ? zp \u \s ^ ɬ ǿwy ą e P n< R M ǀBO Johnson's reply was decisive: "Sir, thus it is; this is the proportion. Let me see ; forty times forty... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 742 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...is the proportion of an Englishman to a Frenchman." With so much ease and pleasantry could he talk of that prodigious labour which he had undertaken to... | |
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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. 
