 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 pages
...knowledge enough to fill up his part. One species of wit he has in an eminent degree, that of escape. D I wit; he never lets truth stand between him and a jest, and he is sometimes mighty coarse. Garrick is... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1892 - 314 pages
...of wit in an eminent degree, that of escape. You drive him into a corner with both hands ; but he 's gone, sir, when you think you have got him — like...jumps over your head. Then he has a great range for wit ; he never lets truth stand between him and a jest, and he is sometimes mighty coarse.' Accordingly,... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1897 - 362 pages
...treatment. "He lias wit,'' said Johnson, "and one species of wit in an eminent degree, that of escape. You drive him into a corner with both hands ; but...jumps over your head. Then he has a great range for wit ; he never lets truth stand between him and a jest, and he is sometimes mighty coarse." Accordingly,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 546 pages
...knowledge enough to fill up his part. One species of wit he has in an eminent degree, that of escape. You drive him into a corner with both hands ; but...has a great range for his wit ; he never lets truth stand between him and a jest, and he is sometimes mighty coarse. Garrick is under many restraints from... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 pages
...knowledge enough to fill up his part. One species of wit he has in an «minent degree, that of escape. st Commissioner in the Stamp-Office, which have been acknowledged in wit ; he never lets truth stands between him and ajest,and he is sometimes mighty coarse. Garrick re... | |
 | Brander Matthews, Laurence Hutton - 1900 - 340 pages
...knowledge enough to fill up his part. One species of wit he has in an eminent degree, that of escape. You drive him into a corner with both hands ; but...jumps over your head. Then he has a great range for wit ; he never lets truth stand between him and a jest, and he is sometimes mighty coarse. Garrick... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 726 pages
...knowledge enough to fill up his part. One species of wit he has in an eminent degree, that of escape. You drive him into a corner with both hands ; but...jumps over your head. Then he has a great range for wit ; he never lets truth stand between him and .a jest, and he is sometimes mighty coarse. Garrick... | |
 | Robert Waters - 1907 - 378 pages
...knowledge enough to fill up his part. One species of wit he has in an eminent degree, that of escape. You drive him into a corner with both hands ; but...jumps over your head. Then he has a great range for wit ; he never lets truth stand between him and a jest, and he is sometimes mighty coarse. Garrick... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 634 pages
...knowledge enough to fill up his part. One species of wit he has in an eminent degree, that of escape. You drive him into a corner with both hands ; but he's gone, Sir, when you think you have got him—like an animal that jumps over your head. Then he has a great range for wit; he never lets truth... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey - 1909 - 694 pages
...knowledge enough to fill up his part. One species of wit he has in an eminent degree, that of escape. You drive him into a corner with both hands; but he's...jumps over your head. Then he has a great range for wit; he never lets truth stand between him and a jest, and he is sometimes mighty coarse. Garrick is... | |
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But he has wit too, and is not deficient in ideas, or in fertility and variety of imagery, and not empty of reading; he has knowledge enough to fill up his part. One species of wit he has in an eminent degree, that of escape. You drive him into a corner... 
