 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 360 pages
...spare the hundred. It is not worth a man's while. A man should not lay a hundred to one, unless he can easily spare it, though he has a hundred chances...he does not get the better, he is miserably vexed.' Goldsmith, however, was often very fortunate in his witty contests, even when he entered the lists... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith (the Poet.) - 1839 - 358 pages
...spare the hundred. It is not worth a man's while. A man should not lay a hundred to one, unless he can easily spare it, though he has a hundred chances...he does not get the better, he is miserably vexed.' Goldsmith, however, was often very fortunate in his witty contests, even when he entered the lists... | |
 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 pages
...a man's while. A man should not lay a hundred to one, unless he can easily spare it, though he lias a hundred chances for him: he can get but a guinea,...hundred. Goldsmith is in this state. When he contends, if lie gets the better, it is a very little addition to a man of his literary reputation: if he does not... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 pages
...unless he can easily spare it, though he has a hundred chances for him : he can fret but a guinea, and may lose a hundred. Goldsmith is in this state. When...Johnson's own superlative powers of wit set him above any risk of such uneasiness. Garrick had remarked to me of him, a few days before, " Kabelais and all other... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 740 pages
...laying a ' hundred to one who cannot spare the hundred. It is not ' worth a man's while. When Goldsmith contends, if he ' gets the better it is a very little...does not get the better, he is ' miserably vexed.' It should be added that there were other causes than these for Goldsmith's frequent vexation. Miss... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 1294 pages
...laying a ' hundred to one who cannot spare the hundred. It is not ' worth a man's while. When Goldsmith contends, if he ' gets the better it is a very little...does not get the better, he is ' miserably vexed.' It should be added that there were other causes than these for Goldsmith's frequent vexation. Miss... | |
 | Joachim Fernau - 1848 - 736 pages
...laying a ' hundred to one who cannot spare the hundred. It is not ' worth a man's while. When Goldsmith contends, if he ' gets the better it is a very little...does not get the better, he is ' miserably vexed.' It should be added that there were other causes than these for Goldsmith's frequent vexation. Miss... | |
 | 1849 - 770 pages
...man should not lay a hundred to one, unless he can -easily spare it, though he has a hundred chancas for him ; he can get but a guinea, and he may lose...reputation ; if he does not get the better, he is miserably vexed.1 " These remarks of Dr. Johnson, upon his conversational antagonist and friend, if they have... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 400 pages
...cannot spare the hundred. It is not worth a man's while. A man should not lay a hundred to one unless he can easily spare it, though he has a hundred chances...he does not get the better, he is miserably vexed." Johnson was not aware how much he was himself to blame in producing this vexation. "Goldsmith," said... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 402 pages
...cannot spare the hundred. It is not worth a man's while. A man should not lay a hundred to one unless he can easily spare it, though he has a hundred chances...he does not get the better, he is miserably vexed." Johnson was not aware how much he was himself to blame in producing this vexation. " Goldsmith," said... | |
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Now Goldsmith's putting himself against another, is like a man laying a hundred to one who cannot spare the hundred. It is not worth a man's while. A man should not lay a hundred to one unless he can easily spare it, though he has a hundred chances for... 
