 | James Boswell - 1835 - 460 páginas
...of it. " ' Madam, 1 have not cut the leaves; I did not even peep between them.' I met her again in company, and she again asked me after the trash: I...return, but he only rolled his large head in silence. Johnson told me once, " he would hang a dog that read the ' Lycidas' of Milton twice." " What, then,"... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 402 páginas
...of it. " ' Madam, 1 have not cut the leaves; I did not even peep between them.' I met her again in company, and she again asked me after the trash :...return, but he only rolled his large head in silence. Johnson told me once, " he would hang a dog that read the ' Lycidas ' of Milton twice." " What, then,"... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1836 - 656 páginas
...began talking to another person. The next time we met, she asked me if I had yet read her poem ; 1 answered, ' No, Madam, nor ever intend it.' " Shocked...return, but he only rolled his large head in silence. Johnson told me once, " he would hang a dog that read the ' Lycidas ' of Milton twice." " What, then,"... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 546 páginas
...style of Boswell's Tour is somewhat too carelesss, and its egotism is ridiculous; but surely to the another person. The next time we met, she asked me...return, but he only rolled his large head in silence. Johnson told me once, " he would hang a dog that read the ' Lycidas' of Milton twice." " What, then,"... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 544 páginas
...through his frame, since they breathe so sweetly through his song! (Oct. 1787.) 503. Reading Manuscripts. another person. The next time we met, she asked me...return, but he only rolled his large head in silence. Johnson told me once, " he would hang a dog that read the ' Lycidas' of Milton twice." " What, then,"... | |
 | Toby (Hogarth's own dog.), William Hogarth (pseud.) - 1854 - 206 páginas
...they met, she asked him if he had yet read her poem? He answered, ".No, madam, nor ever intend to ! " Shocked at the unfeeling rudeness he thus recorded...return, but he only rolled his large head in silence. Johnson told me once he " would hang a dog that read the 'Lycidas ' of Milton twice." "What, then,"... | |
 | William Keddie - 1854 - 400 páginas
...they met, she asked him if he had yet read her poem. He answered, ' No, madam, nor never intend to ! ' Shocked at the unfeeling rudeness he thus recorded...their writings upon his attention ; adding, that if 1 could write as well as Milton or Gray, I should think the best fate to be desired for my compositions... | |
 | Joe Miller - 1873 - 220 páginas
...they met, she asked him if he had yet read her poem? He answered, " No, madam, nor ever intend to !" Shocked at the unfeeling rudeness he thus recorded...return, but he only rolled his large head in silence. Johnson told me once he "would hang a dog that read the 'Lycidas ' of Milton twice." "What, then,"... | |
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Shocked at the unfeeling rudeness he thus recorded of himself, I replied, that I was surprised any person should obtrude their writings upon his attention; adding, that if I could write as well as Milton or Gray, I should think the best fate to be desired... 