 Why," said Johnson, smiling and rolling himself about, "that is because, dearest, you're a dunce." When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said, with equal truth and politeness, " Madam, if I had thought so, I certainly should not have...  The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Página 366por James Boswell - 1907Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Percy Fitzgerald - 1891 - 376 páginas
...for the scene of intoxication which, with such curious insensibility, he describes in the " Tour." (f I had dined at the Duke of Montrose's with a very...custom, had circulated the bottle very freely. Lord Graham and I went together to Miss Moncktou's, where I certainly was in extraordinary spirits, and... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1891 - 474 páginas
...smiling, and rolling himself about — ' that is, because, dearest, you 're a dunce.' When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said with equal...thought so, I certainly should not have said it.' " — Ibid. 1 A passage or two from Sterne's " Sermons " may not be without interest here. Is not the... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1891 - 498 páginas
...himself about — ' that is, because, you 're a dunce." When she some time afterwards mentioned thS to him, he said with equal truth and politeness, ' Madam, if I thought so, I certainly should not have said it.' " — Ibid. 1 A passage or two from Sterne's " Sermons... | |
 | William Henry Craig - 1895 - 300 páginas
...smiling and rolling himself about) ' that is because, dearest, you are a dunce.' When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said with equal...thought so, I certainly should not have said it." Miss Burney gives another instance : — " ' But indeed, Dr. Johnson,' said Miss Monckton, ' you must... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1896 - 510 páginas
...smiling, and rolling himself about — ' that is, because, dearest, you 're a dunce.' When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said with equal...thought so, I certainly should not have said it.' " — Ibid. 1 A passage or two from Sterne's " Sermons " may not be without interest here. Is not the... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1898 - 828 páginas
...is because, dearest, you're a dunce.' When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him. he satd with equal truth and politeness, ' Madam, if I had thought so, I certainly should not have said it.' " — Ibid. t A passage or two from Sterne's Sermons may not be without interest here. Is not the following,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 546 páginas
...smiling, and rolling himself about) that is, because, dearest, you're a dunce." When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said with equal...custom, had circulated the bottle very freely. Lord Graham and I went together to Miss Monckton's, where I certainly was in extraordinary spirits, and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 páginas
...smiling, and rolling himself about, " that is because, dearest, you're a dunce." When she some time nds & co. Graham and I went together to Miss Monckton's, where I certainly was in extraordinary spirits, and... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1900 - 410 páginas
...smiling, and rolling himself about — * that is because, dearest, you're a dunce.' When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said with equal truth and politeness, ' Madam, if I had thought 40 so, I certainly should not have said it.' " — Ibid. t A passage or two from Sterne's Sermons may... | |
 | 1900 - 674 páginas
...because, dearest, you are a dunce !" When she mentioned this to him some time afterwards he replied : " Madam, if I had thought so, I certainly should not have said it." The truth could not be more neatly put. Boswell notes, with some surprise, that when Johnson dined... | |
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