 | James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 páginas
...praises of Garrick. JOHNSON. " Sir, it is fit she should say so much, and I should say nothing. Reynolds is fond of her book, and I wonder at it ; for neither I, nor Beauclcrk, nor Mrs. Thrale, could get through it.6 "• It has been triumphantly asked, " Had not the... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1850 - 722 páginas
...assertion himself; it was made by Dr. Johnson, whose words are thus reported by his biographer : " Reynolds is fond of her book, and I wonder at it, for neither I, nor Beauclerk, nor Mrs. Thrale could get through it." In vindicating the accuracy of this statement, Boswell... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 páginas
...praises of Garrick. JOHNSON. " Sir, it is fit she should say so much, and I should say nothing. Keynolds ss of communication, that Beauclerk, nor Mrs, Turale, could get through it. 6 Mr. M'Queen's answers to the inquiries concerning... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1861 - 406 páginas
...Tour to the Hebrides, Boswell makes Johnson say of Mrs. Montagu's " Essay on Shakespeare": " Reynolds is fond of her book, and I wonder at it ; for neither I, nor Beauclerc, nor Mrs. Thrale conld get through it." This is what Mrs. Piozzi wrote to disavow, so far... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 602 páginas
...praises of Garrick. JOHNSON. " Sir, it is fit she should say so much, and I should say nothing. Reynolds is fond of her book, and I wonder at it ; for neither I, nor Beauclerk, nor Mrs. Thrale could get through it.'" It is remarkable that this postscript is so expressed... | |
 | Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1884 - 486 páginas
...Boswell. 3 1 Boswell reports in his "Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides " that Johnson said, " Reynolds is fond of her book, and I wonder at it; for neither I, nor Beauclerk, nor Mrs. Thrale could get through it.' ' Mrs. Thrale (then Mrs. Piozzi) said in her " Anecdotes... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 544 páginas
...praises of Garrick. JOHNSON. "Sir, it is fit she should say so much, and I should say nothing. Reynolds is fond of her book, and I wonder at it ; for neither I, nor Beauclerk, nor Mrs. Thrale, could get through it.1 Dr. Johnson : " Now I have quitted the theatre,"... | |
 | James Boswell - 1885 - 454 páginas
...Garrick. — JOHNSON : " Sir, it is fit she should say so much, and I should say nothing. Reynolds is fond of her book, and I wonder at it ; for neither I, nor Beauclerk, nor Mrs. Thrale, could get through it." * 1 No man has less inclination to controversy than... | |
 | James Boswell - 1888 - 608 páginas
...should say nothing. Reynolds is fond of her book, and I wonder at it ; for neither I, nor Beauclerk, nor Mrs. Thrale could get through it.'" It is remarkable that this postscript is so expressed as not to point out the person who said that Mrs. Thrale could not get through... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 558 páginas
...praises of Garrick. JOHNSON. " Sir, it is fit she should say so much, and I should say nothing. Reynolds is fond of her book, and I wonder at it ; for neither I, nor Beauclerk, nor Mrs. Thrale, could get through it." " 1 It has been triuiriphantly asked, " Had not... | |
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I spoke of Mrs. Montagu's very high praises of Garrick. JOHNSON. " Sir, it is fit she should say so much, and I should say nothing. Reynolds is fond of her book, and I wonder at it ; for neither I, nor Beauclerk, nor Mrs. Thrale, could get through it. 
