 | 1870 - 792 pages
...father, and a loyal subject. He describes himself as " a gentleman who had thought more than any one had supposed, and had a pretty good stock of general learning...the effect was very different from the intention." Amongst his countrymen, he was esteemed as a good-natured, jolly fellow ; and Johnson, in writing to... | |
 | 1785 - 610 pages
...pretty good flock of general learning and kao* ledge. He had all Dr. Johnfon's principles, wi:h fome degree of relaxation. He had rather too little, than...prudence ; and, his imagination being lively, he often faid things of which the efieft was very differed from the intention. He rcfembled fomc. " The beft... | |
 | James Boswell - 1785 - 548 pages
...pretty good flock of general learning and knowledge. He had all Dr. Johnfon's principles, with fome degree of relaxation. He had rather too little, than...prudence ; and, his imagination being lively, he often faid things of which the effect was very different from the intention. He refembled fometimes " The... | |
 | James Boswell - 1785 - 546 pages
...pretty good ftock of general learning and knowledge. He had all Dr. Johnfon's principles, with fome degree of relaxation. He had rather too little, than...prudence ; and, his imagination being lively, he often faid things of which the effect was very different from the intention. He refembled fometimes *' The... | |
 | 1798 - 582 pages
...pretty good (lock of general learning and knowledge. He had all Dr. Johnfon's principles, with fomc degree of relaxation. He had rather too little than...prudence; and, his imagination being lively, he often faid things of which the cfFecT: was very different from the intention. He refembled fometimes ' The... | |
 | 512 pages
...pretty good ttock of general learning and knowledge. He had all Dr Johnfon's principles, with fome degree of relaxation. He had rather too little, than...prudence ; and, his imagination being lively, he often faid things of which the effeft was very different from the intention. He refembled fometimes, " The... | |
 | 1807 - 750 pages
...profession of the law. He had travelled a good deaJ, and seen many varieties of human life. He ha<< thought more than any body supposed, and had a pretty...degree of relaxation. He. had rather too little than tno much prudence; and, his imagination being lively, he often said things of which the effect was... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 764 pages
...soldier ; but his father, a respectable judge, had pressed him into the profession of the law. He nad travelled a good deal, and seen many varieties of...much prudence ; and his imagination being lively, he ofteu said thinp«, of which the effect was very different from the intention, He resembled sometimes... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 pages
...travelled a good deal, and seen many varieties of human life. He had thought more than any body had vehement. Yet I have heard him, upon other occasions,...people who were anxious to gratify their palates; tie often said things of which the effect was very different from the intention. He resembled sometimes... | |
 | 1870 - 878 pages
...and a loyal subject. He describes himself as " a gentleman who had thought more than any one l.:n I supposed, and had a pretty good stock of general learning...the effect was very different from the intention." Amongst his countrymen, he was esteemed as a good-natured, jolly fellow ; and Johnson, in writing to... | |
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Think then, of a gentleman of ancient blood, the pride of which was his predominant passion. He was then in his thirty-third year, and had been about four years happily married. His inclination was to be a soldier; but his father, a respectable Judge,... 
