 All you need do (says he) is to leave them just as they are; call on Lord Halifax two or three months hence, thank him for his kind observations on those passages, and then read them to him as altered. I have known him much longer than you have, and will...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Page 93by Samuel Johnson - 1820Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...removed ; read " them to him exactly as they were at firft : " and his Lordfhip was extremely pleafed " with them, and cried out, Ay, no-w they " are perfectly right : nothing can be better" It is feldom that the great or the wife fufpect that they are defpifed or cheated. Halifax, thinking this... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...removed; read *c them to him exactly as they were at firfl : " and his Lordfhip was extremely pleafed *c with them, and cried out, Ay, now they " are perfectly right : nothing can be better." It is feldom that the great or the wife fufpect that they are defpifed or cheated. Halifax, thinking this... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...him as altered. I have known him mud " longer than you have, and will be answerable for the event.' I followed " his advice; waited on Lord Halifax some...first; and his Lordship was extremely pleased " with »hem, and cried out, 'Ay, now they are perfectly right : nothing can «' be better." It is seldom... | |
 | John Aikin - 1808 - 730 pages
...followed this advice, and his lordship at the second reading was extremely pleased with the lines, and cried out, " Ay, now they are perfectly right: nothing can be better." This story, if authentic, justifies a sulficietnly contemptible idea of this noble amateur's critical... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 464 pages
...have, and will be answerable for the event.' I followed his advice ; waited on lord Halifax some time1 after ; said, I hoped he would find his objections...seldom that the great or the wise suspect that they arc despised or cheated. Halifax, thinking this a lucky opportunity of securing immortality, made some... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 pages
...as altered. I have " known him much longer than you have, and will " be answerable for the event.' I followed his advice ; " waited on Lord Halifax some...said, I " hoped he would find his objections to those pas" sages removed ; read them to him exactly as they " were at first ; and his Lordship was extremely... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 pages
...him as altered. I have known him much longer than you have, and will be answerable for the event.' I followed his advice ; waited on lord Halifax some...lordship was extremely pleased with them, and cried oat, ' Ay, now they are perfectly right ; nothing can be better." • It is seldom that the great or... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...as altered. I have known him " much longer than you have, and will be answerable " for the event.' I followed his advice ; waited on " Lord Halifax some...perfectly right ; " nothing can be better." It is seldom that<the great or the wise suspect that they are despised of cheated. Halifax, thinking this a lucky... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 410 pages
...as altered. I have known him much " longer than you have, and will be answerable for " the event.' I followed his advice ; waited on Lord " Halifax some...pleased with " them, and cried out, ' Ay, now they are per" fectly right : nothing can be better.' "* It is seldom that the great or the wise suspect that... | |
 | 1819 - 402 pages
...him as "altered. I have known him much longer than you have, and will be answerable for the event." I followed his advice ; waited on lord Halifax some...they are perfectly right ; nothing can be better." jîbstract of the Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Diocess of Norlh-Carolina, held in St.... | |
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