...utmost avidity, and said, " It is a lite well written, and that well deserves to be recorded.' " " Of a certain noble Lord, he said, ' Respect him, you could...he had no mind of his own. Love him you could not ; tor that which you could do w'ith him, every one else could.' " " Of Dr. Goldsmith he said, ' No...

...Johnson, who, with a perfect knowledge of his character and failings, sincerely loved the man, has said,—" No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, nor more wise when he had." It is not less surprising to find, that a man so exquisitely alive to the...

...argued alone. The same circumstance was noticed by Johnson, and gave rise to the observation, " that Can you bear witness that you're no better than a fool 1 hod." 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...told, in his lively manner, the following literary anecdote:—' Green and Guthrie, an Irishman and a Scotchman, undertook a translation of Duhalde's...

...said, ' It is a life well written, and that well deserves to be recorded.' " Of a certain noble lord 1, he said, ' Respect him you could not ; for he had...when he had.' " He told, in his lively manner, the followingliterary anecdote : — ' Green and Guthrie, an Irishman and a Scotchman, undertook a translation...

...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...told, in his lively manner, the following literary anecdote: — ' Green ' and Guthrie, an Irishman and a Scotchman, undertook a translation of Duhalde's...

...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.» •• If it must be admitted that Goldsmith had no talent for oral display, it will not be disputed...

...this seems .one of those phrases used not for their truth or accuracy, but for antithetic effect, " no man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had." " It is amazing how little Goldsmith knows ; he seldom comes where he is not more ignorant than any...

...this seems one of those phrases used not for their truth or accuracy, but for antithetic effect, " no man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had." " It is amazing how little Goldsmith knows ; he seldom comes where he is not more ignorant than any...

...this seems one of those phrases used not for their truth or accuracy, but for antithetic effect, " no man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had." " It is amazing how little Goldsmith knows; he seldom comes where he is not more ignorant than any...