 | James Hay - 1891 - 390 sayfa
...better than the writing of biography —the man of whom Johnson said: " 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." As to our present century biographers,... | |
 | 1893 - 882 sayfa
...candle at Dover to show light at Calais." With equal peryereeness he tries to malt« out that Sheridan 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," he winds up, " is not in nature." Very different... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton - 1894 - 398 sayfa
...there were now and then some good imitations of Milton's bad manner." Or take his saying of 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, Sir, is not in nature." Of course you are not prepared to... | |
 | 1894 - 706 sayfa
...Johnson,s remarks on Thomas Sheridan, or whether they were reckoned too familiar for quotation : ' Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull ; but it must have taken a great deal of pains to make him what we now see him. Such an excess of stupidity, sir, is not in... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1895 - 738 sayfa
...lexicographer. " Sir, it is burning a candle at Dover to show light at Calais." But when Johnson says, " Sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull : but it must...taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an excess of stupidity, sir, is not in nature," — we acknowledge the wit, but doubt... | |
 | Edward Robins - 1895 - 390 sayfa
...transient popularity of Thomas Sheridan, who had left Dublin and joined forces with the hero of Drury Lane. "Sherry is dull, naturally dull, but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him " growled Dr. Johnson, and it is plain that the father of Richard Brinsley was a pretty... | |
 | Seymour Eaton - 1896 - 330 sayfa
...this particular qualification. Dr. Johnson described one of these persons by saying, " Why, sir, he 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 is not in nature." There is no such thing as luck in the ordinary... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1897 - 446 sayfa
...men.' Johnson's contempt for his rival found notable expression. ' Why, sir,' lie said to Boswell, ' 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 is not in nature.' On '28 Nov. 1758 the university of Oxford... | |
 | Brander Matthews, Laurence Hutton - 1900 - 340 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 now see him. Such an excess of stupidity is not in nature." " So," said he, " I allowed him all his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 638 sayfa
...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 the... | |
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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. 
