 | James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 pages
...subsequent period of his life, the opinion of Johnson himself. He said to Sir Joshua Reynolds, ' If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances...friendship in constant repair.' The celebrated Mr. "\Vilkes, whose notions and habits of life were very opposite to his, but who was ever eminent for... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 602 pages
...an after period of his life, the opinion of Johnson himself. He said to Sir Joshua Reynolds, " If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances...literature and vivacity, sallied forth with a little jfett d'Esprit upon the following passage in his Grammar of the English Tongue, prefixed to the Dictionary:... | |
 | ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 pages
...dark Hereafter alone. He once said to Sir Joshua Reynolds : " If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life he will soon find himself...Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair." JOHNSON [speaking of a favourite subject of his—subordination] : " Sir, I would no more deprive a... | |
 | Alexander Main - 1874 - 480 pages
...dark Hereafter alone. He once said to Sir Joshua Reynolds : " If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life he will soon find himself...Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair." JOHNSON [speaking of a favourite subject of his—subordination] : " Sir, I would no more deprive a... | |
 | Dover, Folkestone, and Deal guide - 1875 - 188 pages
...ADVERSITY ! thou thistle of life, thou too art crownedfirst with a flower, then with down. — Foster. Ira man does not make new acquaintance as he advances...life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man should keep his fricndship in constant repair.— Dr. Johnson. &oil tljc ICot of Jtau Weave, brothers,... | |
 | 1877 - 796 pages
...contributors, the wise advice of Dr. Johnson : • " If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances in life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man,...sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair." Our new Volume and its successors will begin at the natural date for beginning, New Year's Day. Home... | |
 | 1876 - 1000 pages
...the rest to my ears." CENSURE is the. tax a man pays to the public for being eminent — Su{fl. IF a man does not make new acquaintance!: as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left all alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair. — Johnson. THE wealth of a man is... | |
 | 1877 - 790 pages
...contributors, the wise advice of Dr. Johnson : " If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances in life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man,...sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair." Our new Volume and its successors will begin at the natural date for beginning, New Year's Day. Home... | |
 | William Johnson Cocker - 1878 - 140 pages
...from each other by semicolons. See Rule I. p. 23. EXAMPLES. " If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself...Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair." — Dr. Johnson. "When Dr. Franklin wished to gain his enemy, he asked him to do him a favor." " Clap... | |
 | Henry Benjamin Wheatley - 1880 - 356 pages
...CHAPTER VII. PEPYb's RELATIONS, FRIENDS, AND ACQUAINTANCES. "If a man docs not make new acquaintances as he advances through life he will soon find himself left alone : a man should keep his friendship in constant repair." — DR. JOHNSON. AMILY feeling was strong in Pepys,... | |
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He said to Sir Joshua Reynolds, ' If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair. 
