 | Robert Williams Buchanan - 1872 - 116 sayfa
...shallow mysticism of " Eden Bower," are one and all essentially imitative, and must have caused • " Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull ; but it must have taken him a great deal ef trouble to become what we now see him — such an excess of stupidity is not in nature." — BosweWt... | |
 | William Mathews - 1874 - 202 sayfa
...graphically described these persons in his account of the of the conversation of the elder Sheridan : " Why, Sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull ; but it...taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an excess of stupidity is not in nature.'' Yet never will you extort from such persons... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 602 sayfa
...him a saying of his concerning Mr. Thomas Sheridan, which Foote took a wicked pleasure to circulate. "Why, Sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it...taken him a great deal of pains to become what we • This opinion was given by him more at large at a subsequent period. See " Journal of a Tour to... | |
 | William Mathews - 1874 - 376 sayfa
...Johnson graphically described these persons in his account of the conversation of the elder Sheridan: " "Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it...taken him a great deal of pains to "become what we now see him. Such an excess of stupidity is not in nature." Yet never will you extort from such persons... | |
 | William Mathews - 1874 - 386 sayfa
...Johnson graphically described these persons in his account of the conversation of the elder Sheridan : " Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull ; but it...taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an excess of stupidity is not in nature." Yet never will you extort from such persons... | |
 | John Forster - 1876 - 498 sayfa
...other respects its humorous exaggeration may be, describes only too faithfully the book about Swift. "Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it...taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an excess of stupidity, sir, is not in nature." ififi7-if>88. out it ;" and so forth.... | |
 | John Forster - 1876 - 504 sayfa
...deseribes only too faithfully the hook about Swift. "Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull: hut it mnst have taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such nn excess of stupidity, sir, is not in nature." i667-ifi88. out it ;" and so forth.... | |
 | Alfred Webb - 1878 - 616 sayfa
...mine." Johnson had a very low opinion of his talents, according to Boswell, who quotes him as saying : " Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must...have taken him a great deal of pains to become what now see him. Such an excess of stupidity is not iu nature. . . Sheridan cannot bear me. I bring his... | |
 | 1906 - 716 sayfa
...not infrequently grow relatively, if not absolutely, more stupid. As Dr. Johnson said of Sheridan : " Sherry is dull, naturally dull, but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an access of stupidity, sir, is not in nature." If in any community the number of... | |
 | 1880 - 556 sayfa
...fellow-pensioner. Possibly Sheridan had heard of one other Johnsonian remark. " Why, sir," he had said, " Sherry is dull, naturally dull ; but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an excess of stupidity, sir, is not in Nature." At another time he said, "Sheridan... | |
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Why, Sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an excess of stupidity, Sir, is not in Nature. 
