 | James Hay - 1884 - 376 pagine
...Scoundrel." Pedantry. — "Pedantry is the unseasonable ostentation of learning." Place for Everything.-~-"A cow is a very good animal in the field, but we turn her out of a garden." -,"•;"; r "... ' Pleasing Others. — " We all live upon the hope of pleasing somebody." Praise.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 522 pagine
...examined, and found to be mighty ignorant fellows.' BOSwELL. ' But, was it not hard, Sir, to expel them, for I am told they were good beings?' JOHNSON....they were not fit to be in the University of Oxford 3. A cow is a very good animal in the field ; but we turn her out of a garden.' Lord Elibank used to... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 pagine
...examined, and found to be mighty ignorant fellows." BOSWÜLL : "But, was it not hard, Sir, to expel them, for I am told they were good beings ?" JOHNSON...the field, but we turn her out of a garden." Lord Klibank used to repeat this as an illustration uncommonly happy. Desirous of calling Johnson forth... | |
 | 1895 - 1056 pagine
...mighty ignorant fellows." On Boswell remarking that they were good beings, the doctor answered : — "I believe they might be good beings, but they were...animal in the field, but we turn her out of a garden." On another occasion, ') as the conversation turned on Toleration and Martyrdom. Johnson made the remark... | |
 | J. Albert Swallow - 1895 - 178 pagine
...mighty ignorant fellows." On Boswell remarking that they were good beings, the doctor answered : — "I believe they might be good beings, but they were...animal in the field, but we turn her out of a garden." On another occasion, ') as the conversation turned on Toleration and Martyrdom, Johnson made the remark... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 pagine
...providence of nature to give this creature nine lives instead of one. n. PILPAT— Fable III. Cow. sh to believe in immortality — I wish to live with you forever. /. KEATS o. SAM'L JOHNSON — BoswelVs Life of Johnson, 1772. Dog. His faithful dog salutes the smiling guest.... | |
 | Huber Gray Buehler - 1900 - 308 pagine
...sentences are simple, , or compound : — /If i/»In the multitude of counselors there is safety. 2. A cow is a very good animal in the field ; but we turn her out of a garden. 3. Where the bee sucks, there suck I ; In a cowslip's bell I lie. Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy... | |
 | John Churton Collins - 1901 - 442 pagine
...not hard to expel them ? for I am told they were good beings." " I believe," replied the sage, "that they might be good beings, but they were not fit to...animal in the field, but we turn her out of a garden." To our certain knowledge many of those who owe their reputation to the art to which we are referring... | |
 | James Boswell - 1901 - 500 pagine
...BOSWKLL. " But, was it not hard, Sir, to expel them ; for I am told they were good beings ?" JOHNROV. " I believe they might be good beings ; but they were...A cow is a very good animal in the field ; but we tarn her out of a garden." Lord Elibank used to repeat this as an illustration uncommonly happy. Desirous... | |
 | John Churton Collins - 1901 - 440 pagine
...Boswell attempted to defend certain Methodists who had been expelled from the University of Oxford, beings, but they were not fit to be in the University...animal in the field, but we turn her out of a garden." To our certain knowledge many of those who owe their reputation to the art to which we are referring... | |
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I believe they might be good beings, but they were not fit to be in the University of Oxford. A cow is a very good animal in the field, but we turn her out of a garden. 
