 Yes, sir: there was another fine passage too which he struck out : ' When I was a young man, being anxious to distinguish myself, I was perpetually starting new propositions. But I soon gave this over ; for I found that generally what was new was false...  The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 424by James Boswell - 1820Full view - About this book
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 416 pages
...fine passage." JOHNSON. " Yes, sir: there was another fine passage too which he struck out : ' When I was a young man, being anxious to distinguish myself,...indulge your delicacy too much ; or you will be a teie-a-tete man all your life." During my stay in London this spring, I find I was unaccountably negligent... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1827 - 622 pages
...fine passage." JOHNSON : Yes, Sir; there was another fine passage too, which he struck out : ' When I dCrUp`gC `iC 2 tiie-a-tcte man all your life." During my stay in London this spring, I find 1 was unaccountably negligent... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 584 pages
...fine passage." JOHNSON. " Yes, sir : there was another fine passage too, which he struck out: 'When I was a young man, being anxious to distinguish myself,...not indulge your delicacy too much, or you will be a tite-a-tete man all your life." I "DR. JOHNSON TO MRS. THRALE. letters, " On Monday I came late to... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1835 - 590 pages
...fine passage." JOHNSON. " Yes, sir: there was another fine passage too, which he struck out: ' When I was a young man, being anxious to distinguish myself,...over; for I found that generally what was new was false5.'" I Grntnm anlmum laudo ; Qui debnit omnitt ventis, * ; H in bene veniorum, lurgere templa... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1836 - 426 pages
...monsters, like all others, are generally short-lived. " When I was a young man," says Goldsmith, " being anxious 'to distinguish myself, I was perpetually...for I found that generally what was new was false." Strictly speaking, we may be original without being new : our thoughts may be our own, and yet common-place.... | |
 | Horace Smith - Chess - 1836 - 302 pages
...short-lived. " When I was a young man," says Goldsmith, " being anxious to distinguish myself, I waa perpetually starting new propositions ; but I soon...for I found that generally what was new was false." Strictly speaking, we may be original without being new : our thoughts may be our own, and yet common-place.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 536 pages
...man who is zealous for nothing." There was another fine passage too, which he struck out: ' When I was a young man, being anxious to distinguish myself,...for I found that generally what was new was false." —BOSWELL, vol vn, p. 24.] tance of monogamy. But I interrupt, go on; you published your paradoxes;... | |
 | Sir James Prior - Authors - 1837 - 558 pages
...a man who is zealous for nothing.' There was another fine passage too which he struck out. ' When I was a young man being anxious to distinguish myself,...for I found that generally what was new was false.' " This was probably said in the character of the Vicar, for we find retained in the adventures of his... | |
 | Sir James Prior - Authors - 1837 - 564 pages
...be profitable only to the bookseller. LIFE OF GOLDSMITH. passage too which he struck out. ' When I was a young man being anxious to distinguish myself,...for I found that generally what was new was false.' " This was probably said in the character of the Vicar, for we find retained in the adventures of his... | |
 | sir James Prior - 1837 - 604 pages
...a man who is zealous for nothing.' There was another fine passage too which he struck out. ' When I was a young man being anxious to distinguish myself,...for I found that generally what was new was false.'" This was probably said in the character of the Vicar, for we find retained in the adventures of his... | |
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