 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
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Michigan - 1898 - 516 pages
...to a high compliment paid him by the king, replied, " No, sir ! When the king hath said it, it must be so. It was not for me to bandy civilities with my sovereign." It was when Thomas Wingford, curate, was meditating on the words, " Why call ye me Lord, Lord, and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 pages
...was fit for a king to pay. It was decisive." When asked by another friend, at Sir Joshua Reynolds's, {" Johnson did in this instance. His Majesty having observed to him that he supposed he must have read... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 638 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. i His... | |
 | 1900 - 674 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,"... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1902 - 724 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,"... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 1590 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 Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 458 pages
...where the Doctor, repudiating the idea of replying to a compliment paid him by the king, remarks, " When the king had said it, it was to be so. It was not for me to bandy civilities with my sovereign " ; the second making reference to a rebuke administered by Johnson to a Presbyterian minister, Mr... | |
 | Waterman Thomas Hewett - 1905 - 576 pages
...high compliment. Johnson receives it in silence. ' If the king said it,' he explained afterward, ' it was to be so; it was not for me to bandy compliments with my king. ' So, I say, ' If the university wills it, it is to be so; it is not for... | |
 | Waterman Thomas Hewett - 1905 - 580 pages
...high compliment. Johnson receives it in silence. ' If the king said it,' he explained afterward, ' it was to be so; it was not for me to bandy compliments with my king. ' So, I say, ' If the university wills it, it is to be so; it is not for... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1906 - 374 pages
...tttt picture *> Sir Joshua Rfynolds. GEORGE IIL IN HIS CORONATION ROBES. IMs flDajests's /iDanners 3*3 be so. It was not for me to bandy civilities with my Sovereign." Finally His Majesty expressed a desire to have the literary biography of his country ably executed,... | |
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