 | Charles Henshaw Ward - 1917 - 380 pages
...dense throng of spectators. 6. He never forgot the generosity with which Hervey relieved his wants. '' Harry Hervey,'' said the old philosopher many years...me. If you call a dog Hervey, I shall love him.'' one was hurt, though one bomb dropped within fifty feet of where I was lying8. As it grew dark the... | |
 | Charles Henshaw Ward - 1917 - 390 pages
...dense throng of spectators. 6. He never forgot the generosity with which Hervey relieved his wants. ' ' Harry Hervey, ' ' said the old philosopher many years...to me. If you call a dog Hervey, I shall love him." one was hurt, though one bomb dropped within fifty feet of where I was lying. 8. As it grew dark the... | |
 | Arthur Lee - 1917 - 340 pages
...cannot leave until the proprietor returns. 15. He never forgot the generosity with which Hervey who was now residing in London relieved his wants during this time of trial. 16. If you call a dog Hervey I shall love him. 17. Bring me the brown book that stands on the highest... | |
 | Frederick Houk Law - 1921 - 392 pages
...bread for the day which was passing over him. He never forgot the generosity with which Hervey, who was now residing in London, relieved his wants during this time of trial. 'Harry Hervey,' said Johnson many years later, 'was a vicious man; but he was very kind to me. If you call a dog "Hervey,"... | |
 | Iolo Aneurin Williams - 1923 - 528 pages
...well-gilt cage, remote from air, And faded plumes, is all he earns ! * " He was a vicious man, but very kind to me. If you call a dog Hervey, I shall love him." — Johnson. t Mr. Fielding. Go, hapless captive ! still repeat The sounds which nature never taught... | |
 | Carlo Formichi - 1925 - 518 pages
...bread for the day which was passing over him. He never forgot the generosity with which Hervey, who was now residing in London, relieved his wants during...him ». At Hervey's table Johnson sometimes enjoyed feasts which were made more agreeable by contrast. But in general he dined, and thought that he dined... | |
 | Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1928 - 500 pages
...by Boswell and others, that the great world of Englishmen owe their Johnson. Such sayings as "Hervey was a vicious man, but he was very kind to me ; if you call a dog Hervey I should love him," throb through the centuries and excite in the mind a devotion akin to, but different... | |
 | Christopher Hollis - 1928 - 240 pages
...Hervey," he said of a bad man who had helped him during those dark years, " was a vicious man, but very kind to me. If you call a dog Hervey, I shall love him." On the other hand, he had learnt not to condemn utterly any man, who, however ridiculous and inconsistent... | |
 | Westminster School (London, England) - 1928 - 584 pages
...the gratitude of Dr. Johnson, who in speaking of Hervey to Boswell said " he was a vicious Man, but very kind to me : if you call a dog Hervey, I shall love it " (Boswell's Johnson, ed. by GB Hill, vol. i, p. 106) ; m. March 2, 1730, Catherine, eldest daughter... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 696 pages
...subsequent period of his life he thus described this early friend. " Harry Hervey was a vicious man, but very kind to me. If you call a dog Hervey I shall love him." He had an unlimited partiality for all who bore the name, or boasted the alliance of an Aston or an... | |
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Hervey," said the old philosopher many years later, " was a vicious man ; but he was very kind to me. If you call a dog Hervey I shall love him. 
