 No man could have paid a handsomer compliment '; and it was fit for a king to pay. It was decisive." When asked by another friend, at Sir Joshua Reynolds's, whether he made any reply to this high compliment, he answered " No, sir. When the king had said...  Johnsoniana.. - Page 12by James Boswell - 1820 - 178 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 602 pages
...was fit for a King to pay. It was decisive." When asked by another friend, at Sir Joshua Reynolds's, whether he made any reply to this high compliment,...who had spent his whole life in courts could have shewn a more nice and dignified sense of true politeness, than Johnson did in this instance. His Majesty... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1878 - 374 pages
...when on some one asking him whether he had made any reply to a high compliment the king had paid him, he answered : ' No, Sir. When the king had said it,...not for me to bandy civilities with my sovereign.' Nothing, moreover, is farther from the truth than that he was 'inattentive to all the regards of social... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1878 - 386 pages
...when on some one asking him whether he had made any reply to a high compliment the king had paid him, he answered : ' No, Sir. When the king had said it,...not for me to bandy civilities with my sovereign.' Nothing, moreover, is farther from the truth than that he was 'inattentive to all the regards of social... | |
 | Sir Leslie Stephen - 1878 - 226 pages
...compliment ; and it was fit for a King to pay— it was decisive." When asked if he had replied, ho said, " No, sir. When the King had said it, it was to be. It was not for me to bandy civilities with my sovereign." Johnson was not tho less delighted. " Sir,"... | |
 | James Boswell - 1880 - 488 pages
...the common-places of compliment. — C. Bwered, " No, Sir. When the King had said it, it was to bo so. It was not for me to bandy civilities with my...nice and dignified sense of true politeness, than Johnson did in this instance. His Majesty having observed to him that he supposed he must have read... | |
 | 1880 - 556 pages
...compliment ; and it was fit for a King to pay — it was decisive." When asked if he had replied, he said, ''No, sir. When the King had said it, it was to be. It was not for me to bandy civilities with my sovereign." Johnson was not the less delighted. " Sir,"... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1881 - 952 pages
...high compliment ?" asked one of the company * No, sir," replied the profoundly deferential Johnson, " when the King had said it, it was to be so. It was...not for me to bandy civilities with my sovereign." During all the time that Johnson was thug holding forth, Goldsmith, who was present, appeared to take... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 966 pages
...high compliment?" asked one of the company * No, sir," replied the profoundly deferential Johnson, " when the King had said it, it was to be so. It was not for me U bandy civilities with my sovereign." BOSWELL AT FAULT. 197 During all the time that Johnson was thus... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 742 pages
...was fit for a King to pay. It was decisive." When asked by another friend, at Sir Joshua Reynolds's, whether he made any reply to this high compliment,...nice and dignified sense of true politeness, than Johnson did in this instance. His Majesty having observed to him that he supposed he must have read... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 pages
...was fit for a king to pay. It was decisive." When asked by another friend at sir Joshua Reynolds's whether he made any reply to this high compliment,...more nice and dignified sense of true politeness than Johnson did in this instance. His Majesty having observed to him that he supposed he must have read... | |
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