 I allowed him all his own merit." He now added, "Sheridan cannot bear me. I bring his declamation to a point. I ask him a plain question, 'What do you mean to teach?' Besides, Sir, what influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language of this great country,...  The Wits and Beaus of Society - Σελίδα 89των Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1890Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 378 σελίδες
...his declamation to a point. I ask him a plain question, ' What do you mean to teach ?' Besides, Sir, what influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language...farthing candle at Dover, to show light at Calais." Talking of a young man (') who was uneasy from thinking that he was very deficient in learning and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 374 σελίδες
...his declamation to a point I ask him a plain question, ' What do you mean to teach ? ' Besides, Sir, what influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language...farthing candle at Dover, to show light at Calais." Talking of a young man (') who was uneasy from thinking that he was very deficient in learning and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 σελίδες
...his declamation to a point. I ask him a plain question, 'What do you mean to teach?' 3 Besides, Sir, 5P 8+\SN ' i ɡ3Z%k Ч y2{T S 5 K P > Talking of a young man * who was uneasy from thinking that he was very deficient in learning and knowledge,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 496 σελίδες
...his declamation to a point. I ask him a plain question, ' What do you mean to teach ?' Besides, Sir, what influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language...farthing candle at Dover to show light at Calais." Talking of a young man * who was uneasy from thinking that he was very deficient in learning and knowledge,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 σελίδες
...influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language oí thu great country, by his narrow exertions '( Sr, it is burning a farthing candle at Dover, to show light at Calais." Talking of a young man * who was unet-i from thinking that he was very deficient in learning and knowledge,... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - 1861 - 504 σελίδες
...care to repeat the peevish exclamation, without adding what Johnson had said immediately afterward, " However, I am glad that they have given Mr. Sheridan...Garrick attacked his rival, Johnson nobly defended him. " ISTo, sir," he said, " there is to be sure, in Sheridan, something to reprehend, and every thing... | |
 | Grace Wharton, Philip Wharton - 1861 - 522 σελίδες
...little opinion of Sheridan's declamation. " Besides, sir," said he, "what influence can Mr.Sheridan have upon the language of this great country by his...be sure, in Sheridan, something to reprehend, and every thing to laugh at; but, sir, he is not a bad man. No, sir; were mankind to be divided into good... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 σελίδες
...those two candles burning but with a poetical eye. — Jbhnton, 154. WHAT influence can Mr. (Thomas) Sheridan have upon the language of this great country,...farthing candle at Dover, to show light at Calais. I TALKED of preaching, and of the great success which those called Methodists have. — Johnson. "... | |
 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 σελίδες
...plain question, " AVhat do you mean to teach ?" B«iidcs, sir, what influence can Mr. Sheridan hare upon the language of this great country by his narrow exertions? Sir, it is burning a firthing candle at Dover to show light at Calais. ' Talking of a young man who was uneasy from think... | |
 | James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 σελίδες
...what influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language of this great country by his narrow excrtions? Sir, it is burning a farthing candle at Dover to show light at Calais.' Talking of a young man who was uneasy from thinking that he was very deficient in learning and knowledge,... | |
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