...Protector ; and he, also, claimed kindred with that of General Wolfe. . * " No man," said Johnson, " was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had." By Garrick he was severely, but not very inaccurately, characterised in his fable of ' Jupiter and...

...discovered in an old man, people will shrug up their shoulders, and say, ' His memory is going.'" Of a certain noble Lord, he said, " Respect him you could...which you could do with him, every one else could." Being asked by a young nobleman, what was become of the gallantry and military spirit of the old English...

...utmost avidity, and said, ' It is a life well written, and that well deserves to be recorded.' " " Of a certain noble Lord, he said, ' Respect him you could...not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.' " there was a general silence, and he thought that the flattery might be fully heard, he addressed...

...written, and that well deserves to be recorded.' " " Of a certain noble Lord, he said, ' Respect hun, you could not; for he had no mind of his own. Love...He told in his lively manner the following literary with an exquisitely sly air of indifference, answered, ' A mere trifle, Sir, not worth repeating."...

...reflection, and without a sufficient knowledge of the subject : which made Johnson observe of him — 'No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.' Indeed, with all his defects, (to conclude nearly in the words of that great critic) ' as a writer,...

...utmost avidity, and said, ' It is a life well written, and that well deserves to be recorded.' ': " Of a certain noble Lord, he said, ' Respect him, you could...could.'" " Of Dr. Goldsmith he said, ' No man was more other, affected then not to attend to it. But by and by, when there was a general silence, and he thought...

...discovered in an old man, people will shrug up their shoulders, and say, ' His memory is going.' " Of a certain noble lord, he said, " Respect him you could...which you could do with him, every one else could." Being asked by a young nobleman, what was become of the gallantry and military spirit of the old English...

...argued alone. The same circumstance was noticed by Johnson, and gave rise to the observation, « that no man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.u If it must be admitted that Goldsmith had no talent for oral display, it will not be disputed...

...utmost avidity, and said, ' It is a life well written, and that well deserves to be recorded.'" " Of a certain noble lord, he said, ' Respect him you could...He told in his lively manner the following literary anecdote : ' Green and Guthrie, an Irishman and a Scotchman, undertook a translation of Duhalde's History...

...utmost avidity, and said, " It is a life well written, and that well deserves to be recorded.' " " Of a certain noble Lord, he said, ' Respect him, you could..."He told in his lively manner the following literary anecdote : ' Green oiiduuthrie, an Irishman and a Scotchman, under4 "terîîî ы>' hM favoured me...