 | Sir Edward Abbott Parry - 1912 - 342 pages
...gentleman " — was wont to express 105 himself wittily on the subject of hanging, for, as he said, " Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be...a fortnight it concentrates his mind wonderfully." In like manner, in the true conservative spirit, he inveighed against the abolition of the good old... | |
 | Eric Russell Watson - 1913 - 274 pages
...in but a few hours in the "condemned hole"; but, as was said by Sir Oracle at a rather later time, " Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be...fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully." On Saturday, at ten o'clock, he wrote as follows, apparently to Mr. Collins : — Sm, I thank you much... | |
 | James Boswell - 1917 - 606 pages
...thing known to be v's, you answered, — "Why should you think so? Depend 1777l GETTING UP EARLY 339 upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged...wonderfully."' JOHNSON. ' Sir, as Dodd got it from me to pass as his own, while that could do him any good, there was an implied promise that I should not own... | |
 | Johnson Club (London, England) - 1920 - 246 pages
...deal more force of mind in it than anything known to be his you answered, ' Why should you think so ? Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be...it concentrates his mind wonderfully.' " Johnson, however, is not to be cornered. " Sir, as Dodd got it from me to pass as his own, while that could... | |
 | Johnson Club (London, England) - 1920 - 248 pages
...deal more force of mind in it than anything known to be his you answered, ' Why should you think so ? Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be...it concentrates his mind wonderfully.' " Johnson, however, is not to be cornered. " Sir, as Dodd got it from me to pass as his own, while that could... | |
 | Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, Walter Raleigh - 1926 - 234 pages
...whether it was Dodd's, because it had more force of mind than anything known to be his. Johnson said, " Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be...fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully." Thinking for your life is good thinking. The thing to aim at in ordinary prose is the Middle Diction.... | |
 | Henry S. Kramer - 2001 - 384 pages
...but not quite as pressing as in the final end game stage. 28O CHAPTER 1 2 THE MID-NEGOTIATION PROCESS "Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be...fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully." [Dr. Samuel Johnson] Time, along with power and information, are the three key elements in any negotiation.... | |
 | Eric Flint, David Drake - 2001 - 321 pages
...told me about in the future that would have been, who made so many fine quips. Dr. Samuel Johnson. "Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be...fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully." Chapter 23 THE DECCAN Autumn, 533 AD Rana Sanga kept his eyes firmly fixed on the ivory half-throne... | |
 | Thomas H. Henriksen - 2001 - 172 pages
...endangered species. Dr. Samuel Johnson provided a reason more than two hundred years ago: "Depend on it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully." There was plenty to concentrate the American mind in 1940-41, with the result that we had a grand strategy... | |
 | Walter Laqueur - 2001 - 402 pages
...fifty. Neither of these people had any experience evading the security organs but, as Dr. Johnson said, "when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. Through German contacts they got advice on where and how to escape. Private Enterprise or Stories of... | |
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Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. 
