 | James Boswell - 1791 - 564 σελίδες
...publick, which I here dare you to refute. Your rage I defy. Your abilities, fince your Homer, are not fo formidable; and what I hear of your morals inclines me to pay regard not to what you fhall fay, but to what you fhall prove. You may print this if you will. " SAM. JOHNSON." Mr. Macpherfon... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 σελίδες
...refute ; your rage I defy, your abilities, since your Homer, are not so formidable, and what I he^r of your morals, inclines me to pay regard, not to...you Shall prove. You may print this if you will.' The threats alluded to in this letter were never attempted to be put into execution. But Johnson, as... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 328 σελίδες
...public, which I here dare you to refute. Your rage I defy. Your abilities, since your Homer, are not formidable ; and what I hear of your morals, inclines...You may print this if you will. " SAM, JOHNSON.*' No consequences resulted from the blustering correspondence of these men of letters. In 1775, Johnson... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 520 σελίδες
...to the publick, which I here dare you to refute. Your rage I defy. Your abilities, since your Homer, are not so formidable ; and what I hear of your morals,...prove. You may print this if you will. " SAM. JOHNSON." This spirited defiance effectually cooled the ardour of the editor of Ossian, more especially when... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 524 σελίδες
...to the publick, which I here dare you to refute. Your rage I defy. Your abilities, since your Homer, are not so formidable ; and what I hear of your morals,...prove. You may print this if you will. " SAM. JOHNSON." This spirited defiance effectually cooled the ardour of the editor of Ossian, more especially when... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 530 σελίδες
...publick, which I here dare you to refute. Your rage I defy. Your abilities, since your I Joiner, arc not so formidable ; and what I hear of your morals,...prove/ You may print this if you will. " SAM. JOHNSON." This spirited defiance effectually cooled the ardour of the editor of Ossian, more especially when... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 σελίδες
...public, which I here dare you to refute. Your rage I defy. Your abilities, since your Homer, are Art, 9? formidable ; and what I hear of your morals, inclines...you shall prove. You may print this if you will." The threats alluded to in this letter never were attempted to be put in execution. But Johnson, as... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 154 σελίδες
...the publick, which I here dare you to refute; your rage I defy — your abilities, since your Homer, are not so formidable, and what I hear of your morals,...you shall prove- You may print this if you will.' The threats alluded to in this letter were never attempted to be put into execution; but Johnson, as... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 σελίδες
...to the public, which I here dare you to refute. Your rage I defy. Your abilities, since your Homer, are not so formidable ; and what I hear of your morals...what you shall say, but to what you shall prove. You m#y print this, if you will." Nothing farther ensued from their hostility. . In 1775, he travelled... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 σελίδες
...to the publick, which I here dare you to refute. Your rage 1 defy. Your abilities, since your Homer, are not so formidable ; and what I hear of your morals...You may print this if you will. "SAM. JOHNSON." Mr. Mucpherson little knew the character of Dr. Johnson, if he supposed that he could be easily intimidated... | |
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What would you have me retract ? I thought your book an imposture ; I think it an imposture still.- For this opinion I have given my reasons to the publick, which I here dare you to refute. Your rage I defy. Your abilities, since your Homer, are not so... 
