 | James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 σελίδες
...humour." JOHNSON. " Yes, Sir." BOSWELL. " He has a singular talent of exhibiting character." JOHNSON. " Sir, it is not a talent, it is a vice ; it is what...gathered from many misers : it is farce, which exhibits individuals." BOSWELL. "Did not he think of exhibiting you, Sir ? " JOHNSON. " Sir, fear restrained... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 326 σελίδες
...BOSWELL : " He has a singular talent of exhibiting character." JOHNSON : " Sir, it is not a talent—it is a vice ; it is what others abstain from. It is...gathered from many misers : it is farce, which exhibits individuals." BOSWELL: " Did not he think of exhibiting you, Sir?" JOHNSON : " Sir, fear restrained... | |
 | John Forster - 1854 - 512 σελίδες
...humour." JoHHSoN. "Yes, sir." BoSWELL. " He has a singular talent of exhibiting character." JoHNSoN. "Sir, it is not a " talent, it is a vice; it is what...species, as that of a miser gathered from many misers : 1762. attraction promised : attacking, instead, a celebrated Dublin .EtTs4. printer, George Faulkner,... | |
 | Katherine Thomson - 1860 - 356 σελίδες
...— ' Yes, sir.' Boswell. — ' He has a singular talent of exhibiting characters.' Johnson. — ' Sir, it is not a talent — it is a vice; it is what...gathered from many misers — it is farce which exhibits individuals.' Boswell. — ' Did not he think of exhibiting you, sir ?' Johnson — ' Sir, fear restrained... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 σελίδες
...BOSWELL. " He has a singular talent of exhibiting character." JOHNSON. " Sir, it is not a talent, it ¡sa is hearing. In the course of their altercation, Whiggism and presbyterianism, Toryism individuala." BOSWELL. "Did not he think of exhibiting you, Sir ? " JOHNSON. " Sir, fear restrained... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - 1861 - 504 σελίδες
...— " Yes, sir." Boswell. — " He has a singular talent of exhibiting characters." Johnson. — " Sir, it is not a talent — it is a vice ; it is what...gathered from many misers — it is farce which exhibits individuals." Boswell. — " Did he not think of exhibiting you, sir ?" Johnson.—" Sir, fear restrained... | |
 | Grace Wharton, Philip Wharton - 1861 - 522 σελίδες
...Boswell.—" He has a singular talent of exhibiting characters." Johnson.—" Sir, it is not a talent—it is a vice; it is what others abstain from. It is not comedy, which exhibits the character of a species—as that of a miser gathered from many misers—it is farce which exhibits individuals." Boswell.—"... | |
 | John Timbs - 1862 - 424 σελίδες
...of humour. Johnson : Tea, sir. Boswell : He has a singular talent of exhibiting character. Johnson : Sir, it is not a talent — it is a vice ; it is what...that of a miser gathered from many misers : it is a farce which exhibits individuals. Soswell : Did he not think of exhibiting you, sir ? Johnson : Sir,... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - 826 σελίδες
...coarse." It being observed to him that Foote had a singular talent of exhibiting character, the doctor replied: " No, Sir; it is not a talent, it is a vice : it is what others abstain from." At another time, 1 1 i Johnson, in speaking of his abilities, said, " I don't think Foote a good mimic.... | |
 | William Clark Russell - 1871 - 550 σελίδες
...humour.' JOHNSON: 'Yes, sir.' BOSWELL: 'He has a singular talent of exhibiting character.' JOHNSON : 'Sir, it is not a talent, it is a vice : it is what...gathered from many misers; it is farce which exhibits individuals.' BOSWELL: 'Did not he think of exhibiting you, sir ?' JOHNSON : ' Sir, fear restrained... | |
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Sir, it is not a talent ; it is a vice ; it is what others abstain from. It is not comedy, which exhibits the character of a species, as that of a miser gathered from many misers ; it is farce which exhibits individuals. 
