 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
 | 1863 - 744 páginas
...dearest, you are a dunce ;" which unparliamentary language he afterwards handsomely withdrew, saying "with equal truth and politeness'' — "Madam, if I had thought so, I certainly should not have said it."t Posterity has happily reversed many of these rough-and-ready verdicts. The moralist someway never... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909 - 882 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." '— BOSWELL'S Life of Johnson. 1 A passage or two from Sterne's Sermons may not be without interest... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 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." — Boswell, 689. JOHNSON'S disorderly habits, when "making provision for the day that was passing... | |
 | Percy Fitzgerald - 1864 - 478 páginas
...dearest, you are a dunce ;" which unparliamentary stroke he afterwards handsomely withdrew, saying, " with equal truth and politeness, " Madam, if I had thought so, I certainly should not have said it." Posterity has happily reversed many of these roughand-ready verdicts. The moralist someway never forgave... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1867 - 334 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. ** A passage or two from Sterne's " Sermons" may not be without interest here. Is not the... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1868 - 928 páginas
...dearest, you're a dunce." When she sometime afterwards mentioned this to him he said, with equal trnth and politeness, " Madam, if I had thought so, I certainly should not have said it." It appears to have been at the same house that Boswell, having previously taken at the Duke of Montrose's,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 414 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. * A passage or two from Sterne's "Sermons" may not be without interiut here. Is not the... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 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...thought so, I certainly should not have said it.' "—Ibid. * A passage or two from Sterne's "Sermons" may not be without interest here. Is not the following,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 414 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. * A passage or two from Sterne's "Sermons" may not be without interest here. Is not the following,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 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...thought so, I certainly should not have said it.' " — Ibid. * A passage or two from Sterne's "Sermons" may not be without interest here. Is not the... | |
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