 Why, Sir, if the fellow does not think as he speaks, he is lying; and I see not what honour he can propose to himself from having the character of a liar. But if he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, Sir, when...  Johnsoniana.. - Pagina 104di James Boswell - 1820 - 178 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | 1903 - 1186 pagine
...The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high-road that leads him to England. ibid. If he does really think that there is no distinction...when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons. ibid. Sir, your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves ; but they cannot bear levelling... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 1590 pagine
...lying ; and I see not what honour he can propose to himself from having .. the character of a lyar. , Sir David Dalrymple, now one of the Judges of Scotland by the title of Lord Hailes, had contributed... | |
 | 1906 - 810 pagine
...the human frame choose that which is already enfeebled, HOLMES, Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, viii If he does really think that there is no distinction...when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons, SAMUEL JOHNSON, Life, by Boswell, 1763 Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 772 pagine
...is never worth its cost, while a good conscience never costs as much as it is worth.— JP ¿term. If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons. — Johnson. If houcHty did not exist, we ought... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1909 - 572 pagine
...if the fellow does not think as he speaks, he is lying; and I see not what honour he can propose to himself from having the character of a liar. But if...when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons." Sir David Dalrymple, now one of the judges of Scotland by the title of Lord Hailes, had contributed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 562 pagine
...66. 5. Confound the colors of right and wrong. Johnson often rebuked this sophistry of his times. ' But if he does really think that there is no distinction...when he leaves our houses, let us count our spoons' (Life 1. 432). 66. 22. Roman tyrant. Caligula, who in his violent excesses often exclaimed, in the... | |
 | George Mallory - 1912 - 364 pagine
...if the fellow does not think as he speaks, he is lying ; and I see not what honour he can propose to himself from having the character of a liar. But if...when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.' A comparison of the two versions of No. i reveals at once the brevity of the final form. It is evident,... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 828 pagine
...if the fellow does not think as he speaks, he is lying; and I see not what honour he can propose to — I knew it, for she Sir David Dalrymple, now one of the judges of Scotland by the title of Lord Hailes, had contributed... | |
 | James Boswell - 1916 - 370 pagine
...if the fellow does not think as he speaks, he is lying; and I see not what honor he can propose to himself from having the character of a liar. But if...when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons." Mr. Levett showed me Dr. Johnson 's library, which was contained in two garrets over his chambers,... | |
 | 1916 - 792 pagine
...he can propose to himself from having the character of a liar. But 1 in a letter dated Jan. 4, 1596 columns be. The triumphal arch through which I march...the powers of the air are chained to my chair, Is Sir David Dalrymple. now one of the judges of Scotland by the title of Lord Hailcs, had contributed... | |
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