 ... of the boats, and other circumstances, are all very good description ; but do not impress the mind at once with the horrible idea of immense height. The impression is divided ; you pass on by computation, from one stage of the tremendous space to...  The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 90by James Boswell - 1823Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Whyte - 1795 - 638 pages
...thus ..." Talking of a barrifter who had a bad utterance, fome " one, to roufe Johnfon, wickedly faid, that he was unfortunate " in not having been taught oratory by Sheridan ;"|| and then commits him to the laceration of Johnfon and Garrick, which he gloffes with the fubfequent... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1798 - 464 pages
...tremendous fpace to another. Had the girl in ' The Mourning Bride' faid fhe could not caft her fhoe to the top of one of the pillars in the temple,...it would not have aided the idea, but weakened it." Again adverting to the pafTage in Congreve with high commendation, he faid, " Shakef.peare never has... | |
 | Samuel Whyte, Edward-Athenry Whyte - 1800 - 316 pages
...too ; That trot became a gallop foon Which trall'd him i:i his feat. He Johnfon, in reply .... " Nay, Sir ! if he had been taught by '' Sheridan-, he -would have cleared the room." Vol. ip 543. f Ibid. J Sheridan died at Margate in Kent, Auguft the i6th, 1788 Bofwell's book did not... | |
 | Samuel Whyte, Edward Athenry Whyte - 1801 - 336 pages
...too; That trot became a gallop foon '' Which gall'd him in his feat. He * Johnfon, in reply .... " Nay, Sir! if he had been taught by ' Sheridan, he would have cleared the room." Vol. ip 543. f Jbid. J Sheridan died at Margate in Kent, Auguft the i6th, 1788....... Sofwtll's book... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 508 pages
...computation, from one stage of the tremendous space to another. Had the girl in ' The Mourning Bride' said, she could not cast h'er shoe to the top of one of...taught by Sheridan, he would have cleared the room." GARIUCK. " Sheridan has too much vanity to be a good man." We 'shall now see Johnson's mode of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 238 pages
...computation from one stage of the tremendous space to another. Had the girl in ' The Mourning Bride' said she could not cast her shoe to the top of one of the...it would not have aided the idea, but weakened it." Again adverting to the passage in Congreve with high commendation, he said, " Shakspeare never has... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...computation, from one stage of the tremendous space to another. Had the girl in " The Mourning Bride' said, she could not cast her shoe to the top of one of the...oratory by Sheridan. JOHNSON. " Nay, Sir, if he had beea taught by Sheridan, he would have cleared the room." GARRICK. " Sheridan has too much vanity to... | |
 | John Watkins - 1817 - 374 pages
...a barrister who had so bad an utterance that the company in which he was speaking soon became thin, said, that " he was unfortunate in not having been taught oratory by Sheridan :" to which the Doctor replied, " Nay, Sir! if he had been taught by Sheridan, he would have cleared... | |
 | John Selden - 1818 - 678 pages
...computation from one stage of the tremendous space to another. Had the girl in ' The Mourning Bride' said she could not cast her shoe to the top of one of the...it would not have aided the idea, but weakened it." Again adverting to the passage in Congreve with high commendation, he said, " Shakspeare never has... | |
 | John Watkins - 1818 - 508 pages
...a barrister who had so bad an utterance that the company in which he was speakingsoon became thin, said, that " he was unfortunate in not having been taught oratory by Sheridan :" to which the doctor replied, " Nay, Sir! if he had been taught by Sheridan, he would have cleared... | |
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