 | James Boswell - 1912 - 106 sayfa
...down for it. Martyrdom is the test." — Vol. V, p. 150. 1780 — St. 71 "Of Dr. Goldsmith he said, 'No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.' " — Vol. V, p. 168. 1781 — Mt. 72 "When1 he walked the streets, what with the constant roll of... | |
 | Hendrik Poutsma - 1914 - 730 sayfa
...the most divine, the most perfect human creature that ever trod this earth. JEROME , Idle Thoughts. No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had. Graph. Qabriel was paler now. His eyes were more meditative, and his expression was more sad. HARDY... | |
 | Sydney Castle Roberts - 1919 - 210 sayfa
...shortness call'd Noll, Who wrote like an angel, but talked like poor Poll, and Johnson said of him : "No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had." The truth was that Goldsmith's vanity, which made him eager to get in and shine, could not bear the... | |
 | Arthur Mee - 1910 - 656 sayfa
...ungainly figure, and his stupidities of speech. His great friend, the famous Dr. Samuel Johnson, said of him that " No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had " ; while Garrick, the great actor of the day, made a couplet about him : Here lies poet Goldsmith,... | |
 | George Fullmer Reynolds, Garland Greever - 1920 - 470 sayfa
...and wide sympathy. Johnson's judgments on him famous: that he touched nothing he did not adorn, and that no man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand or more wise when he had. Youthful Irresponsibility (To age 29) 1728 Born in Pallas (?), Ireland. Father, a clergyman. 1734-45... | |
 | John Louis Haney - 1920 - 472 sayfa
...erratic creature; lovable and generous, yet capable of the most absurd actions. Johnson said of him, " No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had." He would struggle for weeks or even months to gain a few pounds from the booksellers; when the money... | |
 | James Boswell - 1923 - 372 sayfa
...that there lay in the room a translation of his 'Clarissa' into German." "Of Dr. Goldsmith he said, 'No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.' " "Lives of the Poets" In 1781, Johnson at last completed his "Lives of the Poets," of which he gives... | |
 | 1923 - 896 sayfa
...many sayings which reveal a generous simplicity and a happy wit, and Johnson recognised his genius : " No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had." The same thought is expressed in Garrick's line, " He wrote like an angel, but talked like poor Poll."... | |
 | Joseph Bucklin Bishop - 1925 - 260 sayfa
...forcible editorial writer. He came very closely into Doctor Johnson's estimate of Oliver Goldsmith : "No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had." He was at the summit of his fame and influence when I entered The Tribune office in 1870, and the power... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1982 - 228 sayfa
...Johnson's 'Club' a paradox in an age that enjoyed the antithesis. Johnson's comment may speak for them all: 'No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.' The well-known picture of a foolish Goldsmith that comes to us from Boswell's Life is perhaps chiefly... | |
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No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had. 
