 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 136 σελίδες
...hastily, says Boswell, that he did not even read them over before they were printed. Boswell continues: "Sir Joshua Reynolds once asked him by what means...accuracy and flow of language. He told him, that he had •arly laid it down as a fixed rule to do his best on every occasion, and in every company: to impart... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 152 σελίδες
...hastily, says Boswell, that he did not even read them over before they were printed. Boswell continues : " Sir Joshua Reynolds once asked him by what means he...accuracy and flow of language. He told him, that he haj early laid it down as a fixed rule to do his best on every occasion, in every company : to impart... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 136 σελίδες
...hastily, says Boswell, that he did not even read them over before they were printed. Boswell continues: "Sir Joshua Reynolds once asked him by what means...attained his extraordinary accuracy and flow of language, lie told him, that he had early laid it down as a fixed rule to do his best on every occasion, and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 1590 σελίδες
...1750] HINTS FOR THE RAMBLER 137 tomed himself to clothe in the most apt and energetick expression. ey are perfect in them ; afterwards in Mr. Leeds's...Examined as before. ' Afterwards they * &c. as sha oh every occasion, and in every company ; to impart whatever he knew in the most forcible language... | |
 | Robert Waters - 1907 - 378 σελίδες
...Dr. Johnson by what means he had attained his extraordinary accuracy and flow of language, he replied that "he had early laid it down as a fixed rule to...in every company; to impart whatever he knew in the t most forcible language he could command ; and that, by constant practice, and not suffering any careless... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 754 σελίδες
...and which he had constantly accustomed himself to clothe in the most apt and energetic expression. Sir Joshua Reynolds once asked him by what means he...rule to do his best on every occasion, and in every cpmpany, to impart whatever he knew in the most forcible language he could put it in; and that by constant... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1911 - 664 σελίδες
...dialectical readiness of successful conversation. We have his own account of it to Sir Joshua Reynolds : " He told him that he had early laid it down as a rule to do his best on every occasion and in every company ; to impart whatever he knew in the most... | |
 | James Boswell - 1916 - 370 σελίδες
...and which he had constantly accustomed himself to clothe in the most apt and energetic expression. Sir Joshua Reynolds once asked him by what means he...as a fixed rule to do his best on every occasion, aud in every company ; to impart whatever he knew in the most forcible language he could put it in... | |
 | Charles Henshaw Ward - 1920 - 584 σελίδες
...which he had constantly accustomed himself to clothe in the most apt and energetic expression. (3) Sir Joshua Reynolds once asked him by what means he...attained his extraordinary accuracy and flow of language. (4) He told him that he had early laid it down as a fixed rule to do his best on every occasion and... | |
 | Peter Martin - 1995 - 364 σελίδες
...Reynolds had told him, he continues, that early in his life Johnson laid it down, as a fixed rule, always to do his best on every occasion and in every company, to impart whatever he knew in the best language he could put it in; and that by constant practice, and never suffering any careless expression... | |
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Sir Joshua Reynolds once asked him by what means he had attained his extraordinary accuracy and flow of language. He told him that he had early laid it down as a fixed rule to do his best on every occasion, and in every cpmpany, to impart whatever he... 
