 | James Boswell - 1916 - 370 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...as 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. "Sir,... | |
 | Josiah Henry Barr - 1916 - 264 pages
...could imitate even the vocal intonations of his subject.27 Of this faculty Dr. Samuel Johnson says : "It is not a talent, it is a vice; it is what others...exhibits the character of a species, as that of a miser gathering from many miners; it is farce, which exhibits individuals." 28 This vice, as Dr. Johnson... | |
 | James Boswell - 1923 - 372 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. "Sir,... | |
 | Sir Edward Abbott Parry - 1926 - 312 pages
...mimicry and would not allow that Foote deserved the praise he received. " Sir," he said to Boswell, "it is not a talent ; it is a vice ; it is what others abstain from." " Did not he think of exhibiting you, sir ? " asked Boswell. " Sir, fear restrained him," replied the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1928 - 670 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 ?" JOHN-' SON.... | |
 | George Taylor - 1984 - 260 pages
...but he rejected Boswell's final suggestion that 'he has a singular talent of exhibiting character': 'Sir, it is not a talent; it is a vice; it is what...gathered from many misers; it is farce, which exhibits individuals.'2" Thus spoke a champion of neo-classicism , which always advocated the general rule rather... | |
 | Betsy Bolton - 2001 - 298 pages
...Samuel Foote. When Boswell praised Foote's "singular talent of exhibiting character," Johnson responded, "Sir, it is not a talent; it is a vice; it is what...as that of a miser gathered from many misers; it is a farce, which exhibits individuals.'"- Yet Johnson's great friend and protégé David Garrick followed... | |
 | 1862 - 820 pages
...Johnson : " Yes, Sir." Boswell: " lie has a singular talent of exhibiting character.'' Johnson : " Sir, it is not a talent ; it is a vice ; it is what...character of a species, as that of a miser gathered from mnuy misers ; it is farce, which exhibits individuals." Boswell : " Did not he think of exhibiting... | |
 | 1837 - 840 pages
...great deal of humour. Johnson. Yes, sir. Eos. He has a singular talent of exhibiting character. John. Sir, it is not a talent ; it is a vice ; it is what others abstain from. It is comedy which exhibits the character of a species, as that of a miser gathered from many misers ; it... | |
 | William Archer - 1898 - 516 pages
...mimic " , And again — BOSWELL : " Foote has a singular talent of exhibiting character." JOHNSON : " Sir, it is not a talent ; it is a vice ; it is what others abstain from." BOSWELL : " Did he not think of exhibiting you, sir ? " JOHNSON: "Sir, fear restrained him; he knew... | |
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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... 
