 ... I shall not be in town to-morrow. I don't care to know about Pope.' MRS. THRALE (surprised as I was, and a little angry) : ' I suppose, sir, Mr. Boswell thought, that as you are to write Pope's Life, you would wish to know about him.' JOHNSON: 'Wish!...  The life of Samuel Johnson - Page 660by James Boswell - 1820Full view - About this book
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 590 pages
...abont him." JOHNSON. "Wish! why yes. If it rained knowledge, I'M hpld out my hand; but I would notgive myself the .trouble to go in quest of it.' There was...call on Lord Marchmont." Mrs. Thrale was uneasy at his unaccountable ~ caprice; and told me, that if 1 did not take care to bring about a meeting between... | |
 | James Boswell - 1843 - 588 pages
...you would wish to know about him.1' JOHNSON. "Wish! why yes. If it rained knowledge, I 'd hold out my hand; but I would not give myself the trouble to go...call on Lord Marchmont." Mrs. Thrale was uneasy at his unaccountable caprice; and told me, that if 1 did not take care to bring about a meeting between... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 442 pages
...would wish to know about him." JOHNSON. " Wish ! why yes. If it rained knowledge, I 'd hold out my hand ; but I would not give myself the trouble to...on Lord Marchmont." Mrs. Thrale was uneasy at this unaccountable^1} capjice; ' and told me, that if I did not take care to bring about a meeting between... | |
 | James Boswell - 1863 - 352 pages
...would wish to know about him." JOHNSON : " Wish ' why yes. If it rained knowledge, I'd hold out my hand ; but I would not give myself the trouble to...it." There was no arguing with him at the moment. Sometime afterwards he said, " Lord Marchmont will call on me, and then I shall call on Lord Marchmont."... | |
 | James Boswell - 1859 - 472 pages
...knowledge, I 'd hold out my hand ; but I would not give myself the trouble to go in quest of it.'1 There was no arguing with him at the moment. Some time afterwards he said, " Lord Marchrnont will call on me, and then I shall call on Lord Marchmont." Mrs. Thrale was uneasy at this... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1861 - 572 pages
...would wish to know about him.' Johnson. ' Wish ! why yes. If it rained knowledge, I 'd hold out my hand ; but I would not give myself the trouble to...not take care to bring about a meeting between Lord Marchmont and him, it would never take place, which would be a great pity." The ensuing conversation... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1861 - 410 pages
...you would wish to know about him.' Johnson. ' Wish ! why yes. If it rained knowledge, I'd hold out my hand ; but I would not give myself the trouble to...it.' There was no arguing with him at the moment. Sometime afterwards he said, ' Lord Marchmont will call upon me, and then I shall call on Lord Marchmont.'... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1861 - 406 pages
...you would wish to know about him.' Johnson. ' Wish ! why yes. If it rained knowledge, I'd hold out my hand ; but I would not give myself the trouble to...it.' There was no arguing with him at the moment. Sometime afterwards he said, ' Lord Marchmont will call upon me, and then I shall call on Lord Marchmont.'... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pages
...would wish to know about him." — Johnson " Wish ! why, yes. If it rained knowledge I'd hold out my hand, but I would not give myself the trouble to go in quest of it." [Boswell's intervention in this affair, unsolicited and unauthorised, exhibits the bustling vanity... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 584 pages
...you would wish to know about him." JOHNSON. " Wish ! why yes. If it rained knowledge I'd hold out my hand ; but I would not give myself the trouble to...call on me, and then I shall call on Lord Marchmont." Mr. Thrale was uneasy at his unaccountable caprice; and told me, that if I did not take care to bring... | |
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