 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1848 - 1798 pages
...of his i claws. " GOLDSMITH. " His claws can do you no harm, when you have the shield of truth." I It having been observed that there was little hospitality..."And a very dull fellow." JOHNSON. " Why, no, Sir." ' Martinelli told us, that for several years he lived much with Charles Townshend s, and that he ventured... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 326 pages
...reach of his claws." GOLDSMITH: " His claws can do you no harm, when you have the shield of truth." It having been observed that there was little hospitality...very generally invited in London. The man, Sterne, 1 I have been told, has had engagements for three months." GOLDSMITH: " And a very dull fellow." JOHNSON... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1853 - 360 pages
...and ready to throw his periwig in the face of the audience." — GBAY'S Letters, Jwne 22nd, 1760. " It having been observed that there was little hospitality...Her [Miss Monckton's] vivacity enchanted the sage, aud they used to talk together with all imaginable ease. A singular instance happened one evening,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1853 - 332 pages
...and ready to throw his periwig in the face of the audience." — GRAY'S Letters, June 22nd, 1760. " It having been observed that there was little hospitality...And a very dull fellow.' Johnson : ' Why, no, Sir.' " — BOSWEI.L'S Life of Johnson. " Her [Miss Monckton's] vivacity enchanted the sage, and they used... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1853 - 332 pages
...laughter, and ready to throw his periwig in the face of the audience." — GRAY'S Letters, June22nd, 1760. "It having been observed that there was little hospitality...invited in London. The man, Sterne, I have been told, hag had engagements for three months.' Goldsmith: 'And a very dull fellow.' Johnson: 'Why, no, Sir.'"... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1854 - 306 pages
...and ready to throw his periwig in the face of the audience." — GRAY'S Letters, June 22nd, 1760. " It having been observed that there was little hospitality...Sir.' " — BOSWELL'S Life of Johnson. " Her [Miss Monekton's] vivacity enchanted the sage, and they used to talk together with all imaginable ease. A... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 592 pages
...hospitality as a tribute ; while his contemporaries saw the festivity in a very different light. ' Any man who has a name, or who has the power of pleasing,' said Johnson, 'will be very generally invited in London. The man Sterne, I am told, has had engagements... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 576 pages
...hospitality as a tribute ; while his contemporaries saw the festivity in a very different light. ' Any man who has a name, or who has the power of plensing,' says Johnson, • will be very generally invited in London. The mnn Sterne, I am told, bas... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 pages
...shield of truth." It having been observed that there was little hospitality in London : — JOHNBON. ' Nay, sir, any man who has a name, or who has the power...months." — GOLDSMITH. "And a very dull fellow." — JOHNSOS. " Why, no, sir." — Martinelli told us, that for several years he lived much with Charles... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 650 pages
...FEVRE. STEIWK [WE find the following curious and amusing passage in Boswell's ' Life of Johnson:' "II having been observed that there was little hospitality...power of pleasing, will be very generally invited iu London. The man Sterne, I have been told, has had engngements fur three months.' Goldsmith. ' And... | |
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It having been observed that there was little hospitality in London ; JOHNSON. " Nay, sir, any man who has a name, or who has the power of pleasing, will be very generally invited in London. The man, Sterne, I have been told, has had engagements for three... 
