 No man could have paid a handsomer compliment ; and it was fit for a King to pay. It was decisive." When asked by another friend, at Sir Joshua Reynolds's, whether he made any reply to this high compliment, he answered, "No, Sir. When the King had said...  Irving's Oliver Goldsmith - Sayfa 135Washington Irving tarafından - 1902 - 296 sayfaTam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | John Churton Collins - 1912 - 310 sayfa
...whether he made any reply to a very high compliment which the King paid him, he replied : " No, sir, when the King had said it, it was to be so. It was...not for me to bandy civilities with my sovereign." t Another point which characterised Johnson was his extraordinary readiness in repartee. Sir Joshua... | |
 | James Boswell - 1916 - 370 sayfa
...at Sir Joshua Reynolds 's, whether he made any reply to this high compliment, he answered, "No, Sir. When the King had said it, it was to be so. It was...not for me to bandy civilities with my Sovereign." Perhaps no man who had spent his whole life in courts could have shown a more nice and dignified sense... | |
 | Sydney Castle Roberts - 1919 - 210 sayfa
...at Sir Joshua Reynolds's, whether he made any reply to this high compliment, he answered, ' No, Sir. When the King had said it, it was to be so. It was not for me to bandy civilities with my Sover» »» eign. Had he so chosen, Johnson might have entered Parliament. To the friends of the king,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1923 - 372 sayfa
...at Sir Joshua Reynolds's, whether he made any reply to this high compliment, he answered, "No, Sir. When the King had said it, it was to be so. It was...not for me to bandy civilities with my Sovereign." Perhaps no man who had spent his whole life in courts could have shewn a more nice and dignified sense... | |
 | Octavius Francis Christie - 1924 - 296 sayfa
...well-turned compliment in the library of Buckingham House, he was asked if he made any reply : " ' No, Sir. When the King had said it, it was to be so. It was not for me to bandy civilities with my Sovereign. ' Perhaps no man who had spent his whole life in courts could have shewn a more nice and dignified... | |
 | John Drinkwater - 1928 - 448 sayfa
...for a King to pay. It was decisive." Reynolds asked him whether he had thanked the king. "No, sir. When the King had said it, it was to be so. It was...not for me to bandy civilities with my Sovereign." The king remarked that he could wish that someone equal to the work would undertake to write the literary... | |
 | James O'Donnell Bennett - 1928 - 488 sayfa
...at Sir Joshua Reynolds', whether he made any reply to this high compliment, he answered, 'No, Sir. When the King had said it, it was to be so. It was...not for me to bandy civilities with my Sovereign.' Perhaps no man who had spent his whole life in courts could have shown a more nice and dignified sense... | |
 | Bertrand Russell, Peter Köllner - 1996 - 954 sayfa
...say to Sir Joshua Reynolds that he made no reply when the King paid him a high compliment: "No, Sir. When the King had said it, it was to be so. It was...not for me to bandy civilities with my Sovereign." This remark may be what Russell had in mind when he wrote this paper. 210:16-17 He accuses me ... read... | |
 | 1822 - 512 sayfa
...no reply. Subsequently, at Sir Joshua Rsynolds's, he assigned the reason of his silence. " No, Sir ; when the King had said it, it was to be so. It was...not for me to bandy civilities with my Sovereign." In 1765 the degree of Doctor of Civil Laws (LL.D.) was conferred upon him by the University of Dublin... | |
 | Humphrey Gilbert-Carter - 1964 - 108 sayfa
...Johnson, who, when asked whether he had replied to a compliment paid him by the king, answered : ' No sir. When the king had said it, it was to be so. It was...not for me to bandy civilities with my sovereign.' I am glad to be able to record this splendid work of supererogation performed by a Vice-Chancellor.... | |
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