 The King was pleased to say he was of the same opinion, adding, ' You do not think, then, Dr. Johnson, that there was much argument in the case?' Johnson said, he did not think there was. ' \Vhy, truly,' said the King, 'when once it comes to calling names,...  The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select - Էջ 76Reuben Percy - 1820Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | James Boswell - 1858 - 482 էջ
...of it. Johnson answered, " Warburton has most general, most scholastic learning ; Lowth is the more correct scholar. I do not know which of them calls...adding, " You do not think then, Dr. Johnson, that ther^n-as much argument in the case." Johnson said, he did not think there was. " Why truly," said... | |
 | John Selby Watson - 1863 - 700 էջ
...do not know which of them calls names best.' 'You do not think, then, Dr. Johnson,' said the King, ' that there was much argument in the case? ' Johnson said he did not think there was.* But the truth is, that there is much argument, and of the soundest description, in Lowth's pamphlet,... | |
 | John Selby Watson - 1863 - 764 էջ
...means fair. ' Warburton has most general, most scholastic learning,' said he ; ' Lowth is the more correct scholar. I do not know which of them calls names best.' 'You do not think, then, Dr. Johnson,' said the King, ' that there was much argument in the case ?... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 էջ
...nice and dignified sense of true politeness than Johnson did in this instance. — Boswell, 185. " Yoo do not think, then, Dr. Johnson, that there was much argument in the case ?" (the controversy between Warburton and Lowth). Johnson said he did not think there was " Why, truly,"... | |
 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 էջ
...«cholar. I do not know which of them calls lume» best.' The King was pleased to say he »ai of the lame opinion : adding, ' You do not think, then. Dr. Johnson,...he did not think there was. 'Why, truly,' said the Kin;, 'when once it comes to calling names, argument is pretty well at an end.' Hii .Majesty then asked... | |
 | ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 էջ
...thought of it Johnson answered, ' Warburton has most general, most scholastic learning: Lowth is the more correct scholar. I do not know which of them calls...the case?' Johnson said, he did not think there was. ' \Vhy, truly,' said the King, 'when once it comes to calling names, argument is pretty well at an... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 522 էջ
...of it. Johnson answered, ' Warburton has most general, most scholastick learning; Lowth is the more correct scholar. I do not know which of them calls...in the case.' Johnson said, he did not think there was2. ' Why truly, (said the King,) when once it comes to calling names, argument is pretty well at... | |
 | Walter Baxendale - 1888 - 708 էջ
...of it Johnson answered, " Warburton haï most general, most scholastic learning ; Lowth is the more correct scholar. I do not know which of them calls...opinion, adding, " You do not think then, Dr. Johnson, there was much argument in the case." Johnson said he did not think there was. "Why, truly," said the... | |
 | David Hume - 1888 - 486 էջ
...and Warburton, said : — 'Warburton has most general, most scholastic learning; Lowth is the more correct scholar. I do not know which of them calls names best.' Boswell's Johnson, ii. 37. On another occasion Johnson said :—' When I read Warburton first, and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 454 էջ
...of it. Johnson answered, " Warburton has most general, most scholastic learning ; Lowth is the more correct scholar. I do not know which of them calls...best." The King was pleased to say he was of the same 1 Johnson himself imitated it toPaoli (see post, Oct. 10, 1769) ; and it has indeed become one of the... | |
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