 | ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 Seiten
...one, that I knew almost as much at eighteen as I do now. My judgment, to be sure, was not so good, but I had all the facts. I remember very well, when I...that poring upon books will be but an irksome task.'" Johnson felt this need of steady renewal of life more and more keenly as every year brought him nearer... | |
 | Alexander Main - 1874 - 482 Seiten
...one, that I knew almost as much at eighteen as I do now. My judgment, to be sure, was not so good, but I had all the facts. I remember very well, when I...that poring upon books will be but an irksome task.' " Johnson felt this need of steady renewal of life more and more keenly as every year brought him nearer... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1877 - 854 Seiten
...him. It must have been a very foolish old gentleman who addressed Johnson at Oxford in these words : " Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire...that poring upon books will be but an irksome task." The old gentleman seems to have been unaware that many other things besides reading grow irksome, and... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1877 - 808 Seiten
...him. It must have been a very foolish old gentleman who addressed Johnson at Oxford in these words : " Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire...that poring upon books will be but an irksome task." The old gentleman seems to have been unaware that many other things besides reading grow irksome, and... | |
 | 1877 - 826 Seiten
...him. It must have been a very foolish old gentleman who addressed Johnson at Oxford in these words : " Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire...that poring upon books will be but an irksome task." The old gentleman seems to have been unaware that many other things besides reading grow irksome, and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1880 - 488 Seiten
...much at eighteen as I do now.1 My judgment, to be sure, was not so good ; but, I had all the facts 1 remember very well, when I was at Oxford, an old gentleman...acquire a stock of knowledge ; for when years come unto you, you will fine that poring upon books will be but an irksome task.' " This account of his... | |
 | James Macaulay - 1884 - 172 Seiten
...one, that I knew almost as much at eighteen as I do now. My judgment, to be sure, was not so good, but I had all the facts. I remember very well when I was...find that poring upon books will be but an irksome taste." $ JOHNSON'S ROUGHNESS OF SPEECH. C OME one censuring Johnson's general rudeness in society,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 742 Seiten
...that I knew almost as much at eighteen as I do now.3 My judgment, to be sure, was not so good ; but I had all the facts. I remember very well, when I...acquire a stock of knowledge ; for when years come unto you, you will find that poring upon books will be but an irksome task.1 " This account of his... | |
 | James Macaulay - 1884 - 164 Seiten
...one, that I knew almost as much at eighteen as I do now. My judgment, to be sure, was not so good, but I had all the facts. I remember very well when I was...Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire a slock of knowledge ; for when years come upon you, you will find that poring upon books will be but... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 Seiten
...very well, when I was at Oxford, an old ge itleman said to me, " Young man, ply your book diligently, and acquire a stock of knowledge; for, when years...that poring upon books will be but an irksome task." And, on another occasion : " Much may be done if a man puts his whole mind to a particular object.... | |
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My judgment, to be sure, was not so good ; but I had all the facts. I remember very well, when I was at Oxford, an old gentleman said to me, ' Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire a stock of knowledge ; for when years come upon you, you... 
