 | Percy Fitzgerald - 1891 - 338 Seiten
...book, which Miss Seward handsomely, and I believe sincerely styles, 'interesting memoirs.' 'This man I thought had been a Lord among wits ; but I find he is only a wit among Lords.' It would, therefore, be better if Miss Seward would not boast of all the communications concerning... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1891 - 462 Seiten
...they teach the morals of a , and the manners of a dancing-master," and of their author, " This man, I thought, had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords." It was on the 7th of February 1735 that Johnson addressed to Chesterfield his terrible and celebrated... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1891 - 440 Seiten
...they teach the morals of a , and the manners of a dancing-master," and of their author, " This man, I thought, had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords." It was on the 7th of February 1735 that Johnson addressed to Chesterfield his terrible and celebrated... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1892 - 480 Seiten
...wits." ' Original Letters, p. 204. BoswelPs version of Johnson's saying is different : — ' This man I thought had been a Lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among Lords.' Life, \. 266. The story of the present of .£100 is not supported by any other evidence and is very... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - 1893 - 360 Seiten
...in larger ways, — in contrasted moods, characters, and scenes. EXAMPLES. — "I thought this man had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords." — " Better to reign in hell (says Satan in Paradise Lost) than serve in heaven." When the contrast... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1894 - 688 Seiten
...morals of a harlot and the manners of a dancing-master. At another time he said, " I thought this man had been a lord among wits ; but I find he is only a wit among lords." After seven years of drudgery Johnson brought his work to a close. In hopes of having it dedicated... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 Seiten
...who require credit. g. DOUGLAS JKRROLD — Specimens of Jen-old's Wit. Wit. This man [Chesterfield] I thought had been a lord among wits ; but I find he is only a wit among lords. A. SAM'L JOHNSON — Boswelfs Life of Johnson. 1754. A man does not please long when he has only one... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1897 - 512 Seiten
...Berkeley. Berkeley's Poems, p. 313. A Hottentot was a good deal lower than a Goth. ' 'This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits ; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords ! ' Life, i. 266. • The partnership lasted till 1773. Davies's Life of Garrick, \. 100; ii. 289.... | |
 | Charlotte Brewster Jordan - 1897 - 208 Seiten
...4. " He left a name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral or adorn a tale." 5. " This man I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords." 6. " Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1897 - 550 Seiten
...Berkeley. Berkeley's Poems, p. 313. A Hottentot was a good deal lower than a Goth. 1 'This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits ; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords !' Life, i. 266. ' The partnership lasted till 1773. Davies's Life of Garrick, i. 100; ii. 289. 3 Life,... | |
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This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords. 
