 | Brander Matthews, Laurence Hutton - 1900 - 340 pages
...humor." JOHNSON: "Yes, sir." BOSWELL: " He has a singular talent of exhibiting character." JOHNSON: "Sir, it is not a talent — it is a vice ; it is...misers : it is farce, which exhibits individuals." BOSWELL : " Did not he think of exhibiting you, sir ? " JOHNSON : " Sir, fear restrained him ; he knew... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 638 pages
...? " JOHNSON. " Yes, Sir." BOSWELL. " He has a singular talent of exhibiting character." JOHNSON. " Sir, it is not a talent, it is a vice ; it is what...misers ; it is farce, which exhibits individuals." BOSWELL. " Did not he think of exhibiting you, Sir ? " JOHNSON. " Sir, fear restrained him ; he knew... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1900 - 280 pages
...humor.' JOHNSON: 'Yes, sir.' BOSWELL : 'He has a singular talent of exhibiting character.' JOHNSON: 'Sir, it is not a talent, it is a vice ; it is what...that of a miser gathered from many misers : it is a farce, which exhibits individuals.' BOSWEIX : ' Did not he think of exhibiting you, sir?' JOHNSON:... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 pages
...humour." JOHNSON: "Yes, Sir." BOSWELL: "He has a singular talent of exhibiting character." JOHNSON: th the jus оГа miser gathered from many misers : it is farce, which exhibits individuals." BOSWELL: "Did not... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 1590 pages
...? ' JOHNSON. ' Yes, Sir.' BOSWELL. ' He has a singular talent of exhibiting character.' JOHNSON. ' o Drelincourt's book, to make it sell. The first edition had i-. not. [MJ 448 ELWAL THE HERETIGK [1772 BOSWBLL. ' Did not he think of exhibiting you, Sir ? ' JOHNSON. ' Sir, fear restrained him ; he knew... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 712 pages
...humour." JOHNSON. "Yes, Sir." BOSWELL.' "He has a singular talent of exhibiting character." JOHNSON. " Sir, it is not a talent ; it is a vice ; it is what...that of a miser gathered from many misers : it is a farce which exhibits individuals." BOSWELL. " Did not he think of exhibiting you, Sir ? " JOHNSON.... | |
 | Frank Frankfort Moore - 1908 - 400 pages
...not only of " the rugged Russian bear," but also of " the armed rhinoceros and the Hyrcan tiger." " Sir, it is not a talent : it is a vice ; it is what others abstain from," he growled. " Did not he think of exhibiting you, sir ? " inquired the tactful Mr. Boswell, though... | |
 | James Boswell - 1852
..." JOHNSON : " Yes, Sir." BOSWELL : " He has a singular talent of exhibiting character." JOHNSON : " Sir, it is not a talent — it is a vice ; it is what...misers: it is farce, which exhibits individuals." BOSWELL : " Did not he think of exhibiting you, Sir ?" JOHNSON : " Sir, fear restrained him ; he knew... | |
 | Sabine Baring-Gould - 1909 - 942 pages
...not think that Foote had a singular talent for exhibiting character. "No, sir," replied the doctor. "It is not a talent, it is a vice. It is what others abstain from. His imitations are not like. He gives you something different from himself, without going into other... | |
 | Percy Fitzgerald - 1910 - 404 pages
...humour." Johnson agreed. " He has a singular talent of exhibiting character." "Sir," said Johnson, "it is not a talent — it is a vice ; it is what...misers ; it is farce, which exhibits individuals." How acute is this criticism, which goes to the very root of dramatic action — mere imitation, as... | |
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He has a singular talent of exhibiting character." JOHNSON. " Sir, it is not a talent ; it is a vice ; it is what others abstain from. It is not comedy, which exhibits the character of a species, as that of a miser gathered from many misers ; it is farce... 
