 Nay, sir, I am a very fair judge. He did not attack me violently till he found I did not like his poetry ; and his attack on me shall not prevent me from continuing to say what I think of him, from an apprehension that it may be ascribed to resentment....  The British Poets - Page lx1866Full view - About this book
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 564 pages
...attacked him violently. JoHNSON. " Nay, Sir, I am a very fair judge. He did not attack me violently till he found I did not like his poetry -, and his attack on me fhall not prevent me from continuing to fay what I think of him, from an apprehenfion that it may be... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...attacked him violently. JOHNSON. ' Nay, Sir, I am a very fair judge. He did not attack me violently till he found I did not like his poetry' ; and his...will acknowledge that I have a better opinion of him now, than I once had ; for he has shewn more fertility than I expected'. To be sure, he is a tree that... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...attacked him violently, JOHNSON. " Nay, Sir, I am a very fair judge. He did not attack me violently till he found I did not like his poetry; and his attack...him, from an apprehension that it may be ascribed to re* I am Inclined to think that he was misinformed as to this cir, cumstance. I own I am jealous for... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...Sir, I am a very fair judge. He did not attack me violently till he found I did not like his poetry1 ; and his attack on me shall not prevent me from continuing...ascribed to resentment. No, Sir, I called the fellow a blockhead2 at first, and I will call him a blockhead still. However, I will acknowledge that I have... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
...him violently. JOHNSON. "Nay, Sir, I jjr^ am a very fair judge. He did not attack me violently 54.' till he found I did not like his poetry; and his attack...blockhead still. However, I will acknowledge that 1 have a better opinion of him now, than i once had ; for he has shewn more fertility than I expected.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
..." Nay, Sir, I am a very fair judge. He did not attack me violently till he found I did not like hie poetry ; and his attack on me shall not prevent me...called the fellow a blockhead at first, and I will call bim a blockhead still. However, I will acknowledge that I have a better opinion of him now, than I... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 442 pages
...attacked him violently. JOHNSON. " Nay, Sir, I am a very fair judge. He did not attack me violently till he found I did not like his poetry ; and his...No, Sir, I called the fellow a blockhead at first, mid I will call him a blockhead still. However, I will acknowledge that I have a better opinion of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pages
...attacked him violently. JOHNSON. " Nay, sir, I am a very fair judge. He did not attack me violently till he found I did not like his poetry ; and his...will acknowledge that I have a better opinion of him now, than I once had ; for he has shewn more fertility than I expected. To be sure, he is a tree that... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pages
...attacked him violently. JOHNSON. " Nay, sir, I am a very fair judge. He did not attack me violently till he found I did not like his poetry ; and his...will acknowledge that I have a better opinion of him now, than I once had; for he has shewn more fertility than I expected. To be sure, he is a tree that... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 514 pages
...attacked him violently. JOHNSON. " Nay, Sir, I am a very fair judge. He did not attack me violently till he found I did not like his poetry ; and his...will acknowledge that I have a better opinion of him now, than I once had ; for he has shewn more fertility than I expected. To be sure, he is a tree that... | |
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