 | James Boswell - 1820 - 372 pages
...: " This man," said he, " I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a VOL. II. C wit among lords !" And when his letters to his natural son were published, he observed, " they teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing-master." In 1776, Boswell showed him... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 394 pages
...concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom : This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits ; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords !"...of a whore, and the manners of a dancing-master." ' 1 That collection of letters cannot be vindicated from the serious charge, of encouraging, in some... | |
 | 1821 - 372 pages
...concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom : " This man," said he, " I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords !" And when his letters to iiis natural son were published, he observed, "thqr teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of*... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1824 - 910 pages
...concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom : " This man (said he) I thought had been a lord among wits ; but I find he is only a wit among lords!''...teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing master.'' The character of" a respectable Hottentot," in lord Chesterfield's Letters, has been... | |
 | James Boswell - 1824 - 454 pages
...This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords."0 And when his Letters to his natural son were published,...teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing-master."11 c [Johnson's character of Chesterfield seems to be imitated from — inter doctos... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 440 pages
...concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom : " This man," said he, " I thought had been a lord among wits ; but, I find, he is only a wit among lords*...morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing-master h." The character of a " respectable Hottentot," in lord Chesterfield's Letters, has been generally... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 442 pages
...from — inter doctos nobilissimus, inter nobiles doctissimus, inter utrosque optimus ; (ex Apuleio. Letters to his natural son were published, he observed,...morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing-master h." The character of a " respectable Hottentot," in lord Chesterfield's Letters, has been generally... | |
 | George Moir - 1827 - 466 pages
...concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom. " This man," said he, " I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords !" And...letters to his natural son were published, he observed, " They teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing-master." In 1776, Boswell showed him,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 622 pages
...nobleman with pointed freedom : " This man, (said he,) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, Г II,. [1773, * shews that he thought some things were not tolerable." TOPLAD Y : " Sir, you t [Johnson's character of Chesterfield seems to be Imitated from — inter dot-tot notnliteimue, inter... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 602 pages
...concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom : " This man (said he) I thought had been a lord among wits : but, I find, he is only a wit among lords !'*...published, he observed, that " they teach the morals of a prostitute, and the manners of a dancingmaster2." 1 fThis, like all the rem of the affair, seems discoloured... | |
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Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield, did not refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom: 'This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among... 
