 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 - Authors, English - 1889 - 460 pages
...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,...I was perpetually starting new propositions. But I >oou gave this over ; for I found that generally what was new was false.'"1 I said I did not like to... | |
 | James Boswell - English literature - 1890 - 568 pages
...Wakefield," which he was " 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 tête-à-tête man all your life." During my stay in London this spring, I find I was unaccountably... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1878 - 444 pages
...literary 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 commonplace.... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1891 - 1190 pages
...who is zealons 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." Life of Johnson (Boswell). Vol. mi. Chap, viii. 1779. Claret is the liquor for boys, port for men ;... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1891 - 1042 pages
...from the whole of nature; it bears the name of Goethe." "When I was a young man," says Goldsmith, " being anxious to distinguish myself, I was perpetually starting new propositions; but 1 soon gave this over, for I found that generally what was new was false. Strictly speaking, we may... | |
 | Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall - Great Britain - 1894 - 930 pages
...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." — BOSWXLL. by CHOKER, p. 625. porcupine I sate self-collected, with a quill pointed against every... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1895 - 236 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, iii. 427. 2 This word was dropped in later editions, perhaps from the impossibility... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Families - 1895 - 280 pages
...man who is zealous for nothing.' There was another flue passage too, which he struck out : ' When I was a young man, being anxious to distinguish myself,...perpetually starting new propositions. But I soon gave thil over ; for I found that generally what was new was false.' " — Boswell, iii. 427. * This word... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1897 - 300 pages
...zealous for nothing. ' . . . There was another fine passage, too, which he struck out — ' When I was a young man, being anxious to distinguish myself,...perpetually starting new propositions. But I soon gave over this ; for I found that generally what was new was false. ' " The second of the two passages quoted... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Abduction - 1897 - 300 pages
...zealous for nothing. ' . . . There was another fine passage, too, which he struck out — ' When I was a young man, being anxious to distinguish myself,...perpetually starting new propositions. But I soon gave over this ; for I found that generally what was new was false. ' " The second of the two passages quoted... | |
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