 You think I love flattery (says Dr. Johnson), and so I do; but a little too much always disgusts me: that fellow Richardson, on the contrary, could not be contented to sail quietly down the stream of reputation, without longing to taste the froth from...  Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature - Página 151editado por - 1853Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | James Boswell - 1786 - 552 páginas
...do, but a little too much always disgusts me. That fellow Richardson [the novelist] on the contrary could not be contented to sail quietly down the stream...to taste the froth from every stroke of the oar.' Piozzi's Ante. p. 184. See ante, iii. 333, §for Johnson's rebuke of Hannah More's flattery. 1 Johnson,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 258 páginas
...too much always disgusts me: that fellow, Richardson, on the contrary, could not be content to glide quietly down the stream of reputation, without longing...to taste the froth from every stroke of the oar." " The difference between praise and flattery is the same as between that hospitality that sets wine... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 256 páginas
...too much always disgusts me : that fellow, Richardson, on the contrary, could not be content to glide quietly down the stream of reputation, without longing...to taste the froth from every stroke of the oar." " The difference between praise and flattery is the same as between that hospitality that sets wine... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1826 - 250 páginas
...Johnson), and so I do ; but a little too much always disgusts me : that fellow Richardson, on the contrary, could not be contented to sail quietly down the stream...to taste the froth from every stroke of the oar." With regard to slight insults from newspaper abuse, I have already declared his notions : " They sting... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 604 páginas
...— and so I do; but a little too much always disgusts me : that fellow, Richardson, on the contrary, could not be contented to sail quietly down the stream...to taste the froth from every stroke of the oar."] In 1752 he was almost entirely occupied with his Dictionary. The last paper of his Rambler was pub1... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 600 páginas
...— and so I do; but a little too much always disgusts me : that fellow, Richardson, on the contrary, could not be contented to sail quietly down the stream...to taste the froth* from every stroke of the oar."] In 1752 he was almost entirely occupied with his Dictionary. .The last paper of his Rambler was pub•... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 602 páginas
...— and so I do; but a little too much always disgusts me : that fellow, Richardson, on the contrary, could not be contented to sail quietly down the stream...to taste the froth from every stroke of the oar."] In 1752 he was almost entirely occupied with his Dictionary. The last paper of his Rambler was pub'... | |
 | James Boswell - 1833 - 1182 páginas
...— and so I do; but a little too much always disgusts me: that fellow, Richardson, on the contrary, could not be contented to sail quietly down the stream...to taste the froth from every stroke of the oar."] In 1752 he was almost entirely occupied with his Dictionary. The last paper of his Rambler was published... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 492 páginas
...— and so I do ; but a little too much always disgusts me : that fellow Richardson, on the contrary, could not be contented to sail quietly down the stream...to taste the froth from every stroke of the oar.' " — CROKER'S Boswell, vol. i., p. 210.] » Johnson himself felt pride on finding his Dictionary in... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 506 páginas
...and so •I do; but a little too much always disgusts me : that fellow Richardson, on the contrary, could not be contented to sail quietly down the stream...to taste the froth from every stroke of the oar.*" — CROKER'S EosweH, vol. i., p. 210.] s Johnson himself felt pride on finding his Dictionary in Lord... | |
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