 | James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 pages
...man,' said he, 'I thought had bcen a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords ! ' I And when his Letters to his natural son were published,...morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing-master. ' 2 The character of a ' respectable Hottentot,' in Lord Chesterfield's Letters, has bcen generally... | |
 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 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 ! '...natural son were published, he observed that ' they tench the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing-master.'2 The character of a ' respectable... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 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 !...The character of a " respectable Hottentot," in Lord Chester• That collection of letters cannot be vindicated from the serious charge of encouraging,... | |
 | ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 pages
...magnificent. And when the nobleman's letters to his natural son were published, Johnson observed, " They teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing-master." That also is good, if things are to be called by their right names. The Earl, on his part, has gibbeted... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 346 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...morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancingmaster." — Boswell. Of a certain player he remarked that his conversation usually threatened and announced... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 348 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 his natural sou were published, he observed that "they teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancingmaster."—-Boswell... | |
 | James Boswell - 1880 - 488 pages
...This man, (said he) I thought had been a lord among wits : but I find he is only a wit among lords I" And when his Letters to his natural son were published,...of a whore, and the manners of a dancing-master." * > This, like all the rest of the affair, seems discoloured by prejudice. Lord Chesterfield made no... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 742 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." l The character of a " respectable Hottentot," in Lord Ches1 That collection of Letters... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 722 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 Ches1 That collection of Letters... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 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 when Boswell showed... | |
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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... 
