 There are two things which I am confident I can do very well : one is an introduction to any literary work, stating what it is to contain, and how it should be executed in the most perfect manner ; the other is a conclusion, showing from various causes...  Non Sequitur - Page 8de Mary Elizabeth Coleridge - 1900 - 214 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...the original. Johnson's Works, v. 36. I.— 22 ' There 338 The Preface to the DICTIONARY. [AD 1755. ' There are two things which I am confident I can do...the most perfect manner ; the other is a conclusion, shewing from various causes why the execution has not been equal to what the authour promised to himself... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...instance of a double talent, of which Johnson was fully conscious. Sir Joshua Reynolds heard him say, "There are two things which I am confident I can do...most perfect manner ; the other is a conclusion,, shewing from various causes why the execution has not been equal to what the authour promised to himself... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...Joshua Reynolds heard him say, ' Own not in the original. Johnson's Works, v. 36. I.— 22 ' There ' There are two things which I am confident I can do...the most perfect manner ; the other is a conclusion, shewing from various causes why the execution has not been equal to what the authour promised to himself... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 pages
...instance of a double talent, of which Johnson was fully conscious. Sir Joshua Reynolds heard him say, " There are two things which I am confident I can do...the most perfect manner ; the other is a conclusion, shewing from various causes why the execution has not been equal to what the authour promised to himself... | |
 | 1813 - 662 pages
...man that merit to be preserved. 1 " There are two things," said he, "which I am confident I can «U> very well : one is an introduction to any literary...the most perfect manner ; the other is a conclusion, shewing, from various causes, why the execution has not been equal to jyhat thp author promised to... | |
 | 1814 - 1032 pages
...time, and in which he gave himself credit in two particulars : — " There are two things," said he, " which I am confident I can do very well : one is an...the most perfect manner; the other is a conclusion, shewing, from various causes, why the execution has not been equal to what the author promised to himself... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...instance of a double talent, of which Johnson was fully conscious. Sir Joshua Reynolds heard him say, " There are two things which I am confident I can do...the most perfect manner; the other is a conclusion, shewing from various causes why the execution has not been equal to what the authour promised to himself... | |
 | James Northcote - 1819 - 382 pages
...time, and in which he gave himself credit in two particulars : — " There are two things," said he, " which I am confident I can do very well : one is,...most perfect manner ; the* other is a conclusion, shewing, from various causes, why the execution has not been equal to what the author promised to himself... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 442 pages
...things which I am confident I can do very well ; one is an introduction to any literary work, etating what it is to contain, and how it should be executed in the most perfect manner; the other is a conclnsion, shewing from varions canses why the execution has not been equal to what the anthour promised... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 394 pages
...instance of a double talent, of which Johnson was fully conscious. Sir Joshua Reynolds heard him say, " There are two things which I am confident I can do...the most perfect manner: the other is a conclusion, shewing from various causes why the execution has not been equal to what the authour promised to himself... | |
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