 | James Boswell - 1831 - 602 pages
...Dr. Adams well observed, was one of those happy turns ' for which he was so remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield,...prostitute, and the manners of a dancingmaster2." 1 fThis, like all the rem of the affair, seems discoloured by prejudice. Lord Chesterfield made no attack... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 604 pages
...Dr. Adams well observed, was one of those happy turns l for which he was so remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield,...teach the morals of a prostitute, and the manners of a dancingmaster V 1 [This, like all the rest of the affair, seems discoloured by prejudice. Lord Chesterfield... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 378 pages
...Adams well observed, was one of those happy turns (') for which he was so remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield,...among wits: but, I find, he is only a wit among lords !"( 2 ) And when his Letters to his natural son were published, he observed, that " they teach the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 pages
...was so remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield, dkl not refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom : " This man (said hej I thought had been a lord among wits: but, I find, he is only a wit among lords!" And when his... | |
 | 1871 - 340 pages
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 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 pages
...Dr. Adams well observed, was one of those happy turns 3 for which he was so remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield,...I thought had been a lord among wits: but, I find, lie is only a wit among lords!" And when his Letters to his natural son were published, he obst- rv1... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 374 pages
...Adams well observed, was one of those happy turns (>) for which he was so remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield,...published, he observed, that " they teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing master." (8) (1) This, like all the rest of the affair, seems discoloured... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 pages
...Dr. Adams well observed, was one of those happy turns - for which he was so remarkably ready. Johnson if he be whore, and the manners of a dancing master." 3 The character of a "respectable Hottentot," in Lord... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1848 - 906 pages
...which Miss Seward handsomely, and I believe sincerely, styles ' interesting memoirs :' " ' This man I thought had been a lord among wits ; but I find he is only a wit among lords.' " It would therefore be better if Miss Seward would not boast of all her communications concerning... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 340 pages
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Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield, did not refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom: 'This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among... 
