...Goldsmith, and with regrets that he had fallen into a loose way of talking. He reported him to have said, " As I take my shoes from the shoemaker, "and my coat from the tailor, so I take my religion from the 11 priest." A silly thing to say, if gravely said : but not so. if merely used to dismiss Bozzy's pestering...

...has endeavoured to support be determined against him." I told him that Goldsmith had said to me a few days before, "As I take my shoes from the shoemaker, and my coat from the tailor, so I take my religionfrom the priest." I regretted thisloose way of talking. JOHNSON : " Sir, he knows nothing :...

...has endeavoured to support be determined against him." I told him that Goldsmith had said to me a few days before, "As I take my shoes from the shoemaker, and my coat from the taylor, so I take my religion from the priest." I regretted this loose way of talking. JOHNSON. " Sir,...

...not how to handle. But Johnson happened to be in no humour to discriminate, and simply answered : " Sir, he knows nothing ; he has made up his mind about nothing." TALK AT GENERAL OGLETHORPE'S 409 On April i3th the three dined alone with General Oglethorpe and his...

...has endeavoured to support be determined against him.' I told him that Goldsmith had said to me afew taylor, so I take my religion from the priest.' I regretted this loose way of talking. JOHNSON. ' Sir,...

...is amusingly illustrated by two passages in Boswell's "Life." In April, 1773, Boswell records that, "to my great surprise, he asked me to dine with him on Easter Day." " I had gratified my curiosity much in dining with Jean-Jacques Rousseau while he lived...

...mud, resumed the attack as if nothing had happened. I" I told him that Goldsmith had said to me a few days before, ' as I take my shoes from the shoemaker,...the tailor, so I take my religion from the priest,' " Mr. Boswell informs us, adding, naturally, how deeply he regretted this loose way of talking, and...

...with shifting and inconsistent points of view—Goldsmith, for example, of whom Johnson exclaimed: " Sir, he knows nothing; he has made up his mind about nothing." It may be that he is, like Montaigne, a man who has made up his mind not to make up his mind: in which...

...shifting and inconsistent points of view — Goldsmith, for example, of whom Johnson exclaimed : " Sir, he knows nothing ; he has made up his mind about nothing." It may be that he is, like Montaigne, a man who has made up his mind not to make up his mind : in which...

...two years; but we don't choose to have it known." ' I told him that Goldsmith had said to me a few days before, "As I take my shoes from the shoemaker,...knows nothing; he has made up his mind about nothing." Boswett Dines with Dr. Johnson To my great surprise he asked me to dine with him on Easterday [1773]....