 | Art - 1832 - 616 pages
...knowledge." The king said, " You do not borrow much from any body." Johnson replied, that he thought he had done his part as a writer. " I should have thought so too," rejoined the king, " if you had not written so well!" The king then observed, that Johnson must have... | |
 | James Boswell - 1833 - 1182 pages
...continue his labours, then said, " I do not think you borrow much from any body." Johnson said, he thought he had already done his part as a writer. " I should...decisive." When asked by another friend, at Sir Joshua Reynolds's, whether he made any reply to this high compliment, he answered " No, sir. When the king... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 346 pages
...continue his labours, then said, " I do not think you borrow much from any body." Johnson said, he thought he had already done his part as a writer. " I should...decisive." When asked by another friend, at Sir Joshua Reynolds's, whether he made any reply to this high compliment, he answered, " No, Sir. When the King... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1835 - 348 pages
...continue his labours, then said, " I do not think you borrow much from any body." Johnson said, he thought he had already done his part as a writer. " I should...decisive." When asked by another friend, at Sir Joshua Reynolds's, whether he made any reply to this high compliment, he answered, " No, Sir. When the King... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 pages
...continue his labours, then said, " I do not think you borrow much from any body." Johnson said, he thought e ancient Greeks and Romans. JOHNSON. "Sir, the mass...consequently knowledge is not generally diffused. K l; and it was fit for a king to pay. It was decisive." When asked by another friend, at Sir Joshua... | |
 | 1842 - 300 pages
...acquire more knowledge. The king said, " I do not think you borrow much from any body." Johnson thought he had already done his part as a writer. " I should have thought so too," was the royal answer, " if you had not written so well." Johnson afterwards observed upon this, that... | |
 | People - 1845 - 346 pages
...his labours, then said, " I do not think you "borrow much from any body." Johnson said, he thought he had already done his part as a writer. " I should have thought so too," said the kino;, " if you had not written so well."— Johnson observed to me, upon this, that " No man could... | |
 | Henry Francis Cary - Poets, English - 1846 - 462 pages
...his labours, then said, ',' I do not think you borrow much from any body." Johnson said, he thought he had already done his part as a writer. " I should...decisive." When asked by another friend, at Sir Joshua Reynolds's, whether he made any reply to this high compliment, he answered, " No, Sir. When the King... | |
 | James Boswell - Biography - 1846 - 602 pages
...his labours, then sairl, " I do not think you borrow much from any body." Johnson said, he thought he had already done his part as a writer. " I should...could have paid a handsomer compliment '; and it was (it for a king to pay. It wag decisive." When asked by another friend, at Sir Joshua Reynolds's, whether... | |
 | Henry Francis Cary - Poets, English - 1846 - 436 pages
...continue his labours, then said, " I do not think you borrow much from any body." Johnson said, he thought he had already done his part as a writer. " I should...so too, (said the King,) if you had not written so well."—Johnson observed to me, upon this, that " No man could have paid a handsomer compliment; and... | |
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Johnson said he thought he had already done his part as a writer. "I should have thought so too, (said the King,) if you had not written so well. 
