 Sir Joshua agreed to carry it to Dr. Johnson, who received it with much good humour,1 and desired Sir Joshua to tell the gentlemen, that he would alter the Epitaph in any manner they pleased, as to the sense of it; but he would never consent to disgrace...  Boswell's Life of Johnson: Life - Σελίδα 85των James Boswell, Samuel Johnson - 1887Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 464 σελίδες
...to hav4 trusted too much to Buffon who, with all his theoretical ingenuity and ^xtranrdlnary eloman, that he would alter the Epitaph in any manner they...to disgrace the. walls of Westminster Abbey, with cm English inscription. " I consider this Round Robin as a species of literary curiosity worth preserving,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 σελίδες
...too much to Buiïbn, who, wiïb BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON. desired Sir Joshua to tell the gentlemen, that he would alter the Epitaph in any manner they pleased, as to the sense of it ; but /ie would never consent to disgrace the 'walls of Westminster Abbey with an English inscription. "I... | |
 | 1869 - 804 σελίδες
...Corner. Some have epitaphs in English, others in Latin. Johnson wrote Goldsmith's in Latin, saying that he would never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster Abbey with an English inscription. Spenser died " from lack of bread," and was buried here by the then Earl of Essex. Thus after the world... | |
 | John Forster - 1871 - 544 σελίδες
...good-humour ; and desired Sir Joshua, whe presented it, to tell the gentlemen he would alter the epituph in any manner they pleased, as to the sense of it. But then came the pinch of the matter. Langten, who was present when the remonstrance was drawn up, had... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1891 - 648 σελίδες
...Metcalf, E. Gibbon, Jos. Warton. Sir Joshua carried it and received for answer from Johnson, " that he would never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster Abbey with an English inscription." — " I wonder," eaid he, " that Joe Warton, a scholar by profession, should be such a fool ;" adding, " I... | |
 | 1892 - 868 σελίδες
...written in English, not Latin. Johnson took it kindly, but told Sir Joshua, who carried it to him, that he would ' never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster Abbey with an English inscription." Round Table. See ARTHUR, and ROMANCES. By the Hound Table Conference is meant an ineffectual series... | |
 | William Shepard Walsh - 1892 - 1114 σελίδες
...others petitioned him to write an English inscription for Goldsmith's tomb, he indignantly replied, "he would never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster Abbey with an English inscription." It must be acknowledged that there is no small poverty of thought in the mass of modern epitaph-writers.... | |
 | William S. Walsh - 1892 - 1116 σελίδες
...others petitioned him to write an English inscription for Goldsmith's tomb, he indignantly replied, ** te enough for me ; Thank heaven for three. Amen I I always thought cold victual nice : My choic alle dede be : wen yow comes bad & bare : noth hav ven we away fare: all y» werines yt ve for care."... | |
 | 1896 - 920 σελίδες
...written in English, not Latin. Johnson took it kindly, but told Sir Joshua, who carried it to him, that he would ' never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster Abbey with an English inscription. ' Round Tahle. See ARTHUR, and ROMANCES. Bv the Round Table Conference is meant an ineffectual series... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1898 - 344 σελίδες
...ornament, which we know to have been the opinion of the late Doctor himself." But Johnson was immovable. " He would never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster Abbey with an English inscription. The Latin was accordingly placed upon the marble, where it now remains " (Forster, p. 464). day contemporary... | |
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