 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 - 1900 - 638 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...Sir, it is burning a farthing candle at Dover, to shew light at Calais." Talking of a young man who was uneasy from thinking that he was very deficient... | |
 | 1900 - 674 σελίδες
...Nature." At another time he said, "Sheridan cannot bear me ; I bring his declamation to a point." " What influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language...his narrow exertions ? Sir, it is burning a farthing caudle at Dover to show light at Calais." Boswell, however, was acquainted with Davies, an actor turned... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1902 - 724 σελίδες
...Nature." At another time he said, " Sheridan cannot bear me ; I bring his declamation to a point." " What influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language...farthing candle at Dover to show light at Calais." Boswell, however, was acquainted with Davies, an actor turned bookseller, now chiefly remembered by... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 1590 σελίδες
...his declamation to a point. I ask him a plain question, " What do you mean to teach ? " Besides, Sir, , When ev'n shew light at Calais.' Talking of a young man who was uneasy from thinking that he was very deficient... | |
 | 1904 - 306 σελίδες
...wit. * I ask a plain question. What do you mean to teach ? What influence can Mr. Sheridan have on the language of this great country by his narrow exertions. Sir, it is burning a candle at Dover to show light at Calais.' In 1747 Mr. Sheridan married Miss Frances Chamberlaine, a... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1906 - 466 σελίδες
...success, disparaged Sheridan's project of a pronouncing dictionary and his attempts to teach oratory. "What influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language...Sir, it is burning a farthing candle at Dover, to shew light at Calais." 3 Yet Dr. Johnson was not above being piqued when the king granted Sheridan... | |
 | 1906 - 462 σελίδες
...success, disparaged Sheridan's project of a pronouncing dictionary and his attempts to teach oratory. "What influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language...his narrow exertions? Sir, it is burning a farthing candl^ at Dover, to shew light at Calais." 3 Yet Dr. Johnson was r- i < ..ove being piqued when the... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1909 - 574 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 - 1910 - 602 σελίδες
...do you mean to teach ? Besides, sir, what influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language of this country by his narrow exertions ? Sir, it is burning...farthing candle at Dover to show light at Calais." Now here is dropped out the words " It won't do. He cannot carry through his scheme. He is like a man... | |
 | James Boswell - 1910 - 542 σελίδες
...what influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language t) this great country by his narrow exertions t Sir, it is burning a farthing candle at Dover to show light at Calais.' These passages are interesting ss oueiiing up the question as to the process adopted by Boswell in... | |
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