 | Harold Bloom - 1986 - 176 pages
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 | Ronald Blythe - 1989 - 408 pages
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 | James Boswell - 1991 - 452 pages
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 | James Boswell - 1994 - 450 pages
...not to be blamed if he retires to ease and tranquillity. Sir, a physician who has long practised in a great city may be excused if he retires to a small town and takes less practice. Sir, the good I can do by my conversation bears the same proportion to the good I can do by my writings... | |
 | William Bowman Piper - 1997 - 212 pages
...the good I can do by my conversation bears the same proportion to the good I can do by my writing, that the practice of a physician, retired to a small town, does to his practice in a great city." Writing, then, simply allowed Johnson to extend the reach of his conversation about books beyond the... | |
 | Tymon Terlecki - 1999 - 404 pages
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A physician, who has practised long in a great city, may be excused if he retires to a small town, and takes less practice. Now, Sir, the good I can do by my conversation bears the same proportion to the good I can do by my writings, that the practice... 
