 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 sayfa
...a saying of his concerning Mr. Thomas Sheridan,1 which Foote ' took a wicked pleasure to circulate. company"- Manly John Matthews" John Matthews Manly( now see him. Such an excess of stupidity, Sir, в not in Nature." — "So," said he, "I allowed him... | |
 | Albert Mordell - 1926 - 314 sayfa
...unusual extent to the complex influences of the literature surrounding him at the present moment. * "Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken him a great deal of trouble to become what we now see him — such an excess of stupidity is not in nature." —Boswell's... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1926 - 398 sayfa
...(after Sheridan's proposal to compile a pronouncing dictionary had offended him) said of him that " Sherry is dull, naturally dull ; but it must have taken him a deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an excess of stupidity, sir, is not in nature." It... | |
 | Christopher Hollis - 1928 - 240 sayfa
...the lowest opinion of old Sheridan. " Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull," he had once said, " 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." A young man could not well have come... | |
 | Todd Breyfogle - 1999 - 420 sayfa
...expected to hear, understandable. Of Sheridan, Johnson is reported to have said: "Dull, naturally; 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." Johnson was also known to have said... | |
 | Elizabeth M. Knowles - 1999 - 1160 sayfa
...Life of Samuel ¡olmaon 1 1 79 1 1 2f> July 1 76 3 15 Why, Sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but il 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 Nalure. of Thomas Sheridan James Boswell Life... | |
 | Carl Edmund Rollyson - 2005 - 321 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 all... | |
 | William Mathews - 2005 - 377 sayfa
...account of the conversation of the elder Sheridan : " Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull ; hut it must have taken him a great deal of pains to become what we BOW see him. Such an excess of stupidity is not in nature." Yet never will you extort from such persons... | |
 | Lucia St. Clair Robson - 2006 - 388 sayfa
...breath. Why did that old misanthrope, Samuel Johnson, have to be right so often? He was the one who said: 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. "Then at least bring Anderson back... | |
 | 1853 - 854 sayfa
...sound appreciation of such overlooked claims when he described the conversation of old 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." So we must be permitted to say of... | |
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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. 
