 And who is the worse for that?" BOSWELL. "It hurts people of weaker nerves." JOHNSON. "I know no such weak-nerved people." Mr. Burke, to whom I related this conference, said, "It is well, if when a man comes to die, he has nothing heavier upon his conscience...  The Living Age - Page 5821893Full view - About this book
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 532 pages
...Mr. Burke, to whom I related this conference, said, " It is well, if when a man comes to die, he has nothing heavier upon his conscience than having been a little rough in conversation." Johnson, at the time when the paper was presented to him, though at first pleased with... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 562 pages
...Mr. Burke, to whom 1 related this conference, said, " It is well, if when a man comes to die, he has nothing heavier upon his conscience than having been a little rough in conversation." Johnson, at the time when the paper was presented to him, though at first pleased with... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 536 pages
...Mr. Burke, to whom I related this conference, said, It is well, if when a man come« to die, he has nothing heavier upon his conscience than having been a little rough in conversation. Johnson at the time when the paper was presented to him, though at first pleased with... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 378 pages
...Mr. Burke, to whom I related this conference, said, " It is well, if when a mau comes to die, he has nothing heavier upon his conscience than having been a little rough in conversation." Johnson, at the time when the paper was presented to him, though at first pleased with... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1826 - 444 pages
...Mr. Burke, to whom I related this conference, "Said, " It is well, if when a man comes to die, he has nothing heavier upon his conscience than having been a little rough in conversation." Johnson at the time when the paper was presented to him, though at first pleased with... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1831 - 570 pages
...Mr. Burke, to whom I related this conference, said, " It is well if, when a man comes to die, he has nothing heavier upon his conscience than having been a little rough in conversation." Johnson, at the time when the paper was presented to him, though at first pleased with... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1831 - 600 pages
...Mr. Burke, to whom I related this conference, said, " It is well if, when a man comes to die, he has nothing heavier upon his conscience than having been a little rough in conversation." Johnson, at the time when the paper was presented to him, though at first pleased with... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 456 pages
...Mr. Burke, to whom I related this conference, said, " It is well if, when a man comes to die, he has nothing heavier upon his conscience than having been a little rough in conversation." Johnson, at the time when the paper was presented to him, though at first pleased with... | |
 | Robert Armitage - Authors, English - 1850 - 476 pages
...reference to the alleged roughness of Johnson's manner, " It is well if, when a man comes to die, he has nothing heavier upon his conscience than having been a little rough in conversation." Great minds have often great failings as well as great virtues, and although we can... | |
 | Robert Armitage - Authors, English - 1850 - 562 pages
...reference to the alleged roughness of Johnson's manner,—" It is well if, when a man comes to die, he has nothing heavier upon his conscience than having been a little rough in conversation." Great minds have often great failings as well as great virtues, and although we cannot... | |
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