...troublesome with many absurd inquiries. ' Now there, Sir,' said he, ' is the difference between an Englishman " Johnson's own superlative powers of wit set him above any risk of s anything of the matter or not ; an Englishman is content to say nothing, when he has nothing to say.1...

...to be a hero must drink brandy. ibid. A Frenchman must be always talking, whether he knows anything of the matter or not ; an Englishman is content to say nothing when he has nothing to say. Chap. x. Of Dr. Goldsmith he said, " No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or...

...troublesome with many absurd inquiries. "Now there, Sir, (said he,) is the difference between an Englishman and a Frenchman. A Frenchman must be always talking,...little matters, he said, "Does not this confirm old Meynell's observation — For any thing I see, foreigners are fools."' 1 The correspondeat of The Gentleman's...

...Another Glimpse of Rome BOSWELL said: "A Frenchman must be always talking, whether he knows anything of the matter or not; an Englishman is content to say nothing, when he has nothing to say." With the Italians the less they know the more assurances they make to you of their information, and...

...continued his annual plunder' (Johnson, Life of Swift, §46, cited by Hales ) . 91. 'His (Johnson's) unjust contempt for foreigners was, indeed, extreme....little matters, he said, " Does not this confirm old Meynell's observation — ' For anything I see, foreigners are fools '? " ' (Life 4. 15) . ' The prejudices...

...with many absurd inquiries. • Now, there, Sir, (said he,) is the difference between an Englishman and a Frenchman. A Frenchman must be always talking, whether he knows any triing of the matter or not : an Englishman is content to say nothing, when he has nothing to say.'...

...needed education in a school of manners. " A Frenchman must be always talking whether he knows anything of the matter or not ; an Englishman is content to say nothing, when he has nothing to say." Johnson's idea of an entertaining conversation was a big-drum monologue — by Johnson. He put himself...

...troublesome with many absurd enquiries. 'Now there, Sir, (said he,) is the difference between an Englishman and a Frenchman. A Frenchman must be always talking,...content to say nothing, when he has nothing to say.' " is unjust contempt for foreigners was, indeed, exOne evening, at Old Slaughter's coffee-house, when...

...between an Englishman and a Frenchman. A Frenchman must always be talking, whether he knows anything of the matter or not; an Englishman is content to say nothing, when he has nothing to say.' " And again — four years later: Here is the old man at a party — at Mr. Cambridge's villa on the...

...continued his annual plunder' (Johnson, Life of Swift, §46, cited by Hales). 91. 'His (Johnson's) unjust contempt for foreigners was, indeed, extreme. One evening, at old Slaughter's cofl'ee-house, when a number of them were talking loud about little matters, he said, " Does not this...