 | James Boswell - 1884 - 742 pages
...refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom : " This man, (said he) I thought, had been a lord among wits : but, I find, he is only a wit among lords ! " And when his Letters to his natural son were published, he observed, that " they teach the morals... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 pages
...refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom: "This man," said he, '' I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords !" And when his Letters to his natural son were published, he observed: "They teach the morals of a... | |
 | James Boswell - 1885 - 490 pages
...refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom : " This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits, but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords."1 And when his Letters to his natural son were published, he observed that " they teach the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 598 pages
...refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom : ' This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits ; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords1 !' And when his Letters to his natural son were published, he observed, that ' they teach the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 360 pages
...— Eclogues, viii. 43. Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnson. Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnson. (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but I find he is only a wit among Lords ! ' Boswell's Life of Johnson, i. 266. JOHNSON, speaking of his refusal to dedicate his Dictionary... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1889 - 440 pages
...they teach the morals of a , and the manners of a dancing-master," and of their author, " This man, I thought, had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords." It was on the 7th of February 1735 that Johnson addressed to Chesterfield his terrible and celebrated... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1889 - 454 pages
...they teach the morals of a , and the manners of a dancing-master," and of their author, " This man, I thought, had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords." It was on the 7th of February 1735 that Johnson addressed to Chesterfield his terrible and celebrated... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1889 - 462 pages
...they teach the morals of a , and the manners of a dancing-master," and of their author, " This man, I thought, had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords." It was on the 7th of February 1735 that Johnson addressed to Chesterfield his terrible and celebrated... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 pages
...refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom : " This man," said he, " tledge and Sons ! "* And when his Letters to his natural son were published, he observed, that " they teach the morals... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - 1890 - 332 pages
...happy turns, ' was defensive pride.' ' This man,' he afterwards said, referring to Chesterfield, ' I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords.' In revenge, Chesterfield hi his Letters depicted Johnson, it is said, in the character of the 'respectable... | |
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This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords. 
