 | Hubert Adonley Hagar - 1911 - 300 sayfa
...leads him for what he reads as a task will do him little good — Johnson 7 Sherry is dull, nafurally dull but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him — Johnson 8 I am a great friend to public amusements for they keep people from vice —... | |
 | Hubert Adonley Hagar - 1914 - 386 sayfa
...read just as inclination leads him for what he reads as a task will do him little good — Johnson 7 Sherry is dull, naturally dull but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him — Johnson 8 I am a great friend to public amusements for they keep people from vice —... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 828 sayfa
...a saying of his concerning Mr. Thomas Sheridan, 2 which Foote' took a wicked pleasure to circulate. ence for our only friend, Sad Patience, too near neighbour...to Despair : But none has hope like thine. Thou th now see him. Such an excess of stupidity. Sir. is not in Nature." — "So," said he, "I allowed him... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1916 - 208 sayfa
...wafted many a grateful thought to Dr. Johnson for the expression of his opinion of that editor : — ' 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.' To avoid this particular form of... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 806 sayfa
...a saying of his concerning Mr. Thomas Sheridan,2 which Foote6 took a wicked pleasure to circulate. n, betray 'd by vent'rous pride To tread the dreary...without a guide, As treach'rous phantoms in the mist now see him. Such an excess of stupidity, Sir, is not in Nature." — "So," said he, "I allowed him... | |
 | 1917 - 1406 sayfa
...men.' Johnson's contempt for his rival found notable expression. ' Why, sir,' he 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... | |
 | George William McClelland - 1925 - 1180 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, Sir, is not in Nature." — "So (said he,) I allowed him... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - 1925 - 452 sayfa
...ordinary language fails to describe it. We can only repeat what Dr. Johnson said of Thomas 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 excess of Stupidity, Sir, is not in nature." At last, after long delay, on April... | |
 | Emile Pons - 1925 - 448 sayfa
...mieux qu'eux «, avec 1Cf. Boswell: Stand. Biogr., p. 11o. : « Why, Sir, Sherry (ie Thomas 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, is not in nature ». Ailleurs, p. 385, il l'appelle... | |
 | George William McClelland - 1925 - 1178 sayfa
...Foote took a "wicked pleasure lo circulate. "Why, Sir, Sherry Js_dull, naturally dull; but it-must e have not agreed lately as now see him. Such an excess of stupidity^Sir, is not in Nature_." -^*So (sauThe,) I allowed him all... | |
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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. 
