 | James Boswell - 1916 - 370 σελίδες
...humor." 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...as that of a miser gathered from many misers: it is a farce which exhibits individuals." BOSWELL. "Did not he think of exhibiting you, Sir?" JOHNSON. "Sir,... | |
 | Josiah Henry Barr - 1916 - 264 σελίδες
...could imitate even the vocal intonations of his subject.27 Of this faculty Dr. Samuel Johnson says : "It is not a talent, it is a vice; it is what others...exhibits the character of a species, as that of a miser gathering from many miners; it is farce, which exhibits individuals." 28 This vice, as Dr. Johnson... | |
 | James Boswell - 1923 - 372 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...that of a miser gathered from many misers : it is a farce which exhibits individuals." BOSWELL. "Did not he think of exhibiting you, Sir?" JOHNSON. "Sir,... | |
 | Sir Edward Abbott Parry - 1926 - 312 σελίδες
...mimicry and would not allow that Foote deserved the praise he received. " Sir," he said to Boswell, "it is not a talent ; it is a vice ; it is what others abstain from." " Did not he think of exhibiting you, sir ? " asked Boswell. " Sir, fear restrained him," replied the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1928 - 670 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...that of a miser gathered from many misers : it is a farce which exhibits individuals." BOSWELL. " Did not he think of exhibiting you, Sir ?" JOHN-' SON.... | |
 | Mary Megie Belden - 1929 - 246 σελίδες
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 | Mary Megie Belden - 1929 - 248 σελίδες
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 | James Boswell - 1931 - 1260 σελίδες
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 | James Boswell - 1934 - 1434 σελίδες
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 | James Boswell - 1934 - 570 σελίδες
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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. 
