 | Enchiridion - English wit and humor - 1884 - 288 pages
...advancement as " a fall up-stairs." Not a Peerless Wit. Dr. Johnson said of Lord Chesterfield, " This man I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords." A Cat may look at a King. Talking of the royal family being seen often at Ranelagh, Lady Townshend... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1885 - 490 pages
...having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield, did not refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom : "...Lord among wits, but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords."1 And when his Letters to his natural son were published, he observed that " they teach the... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1887 - 598 pages
...having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield, did not refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom : '...Lord among wits ; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords1 !' And when his Letters to his natural son were published, he observed, that ' they teach the... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1888 - 608 pages
...having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield, did not refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom : "...among wits ; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords 1 " And when his Letters to his natural son were published, he observed, that " they teach the morals... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1888 - 360 pages
...sit Amor. — Eclogues, viii. 43. Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnson. Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnson. (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but I find he is only a wit among Lords ! ' Boswell's Life of Johnson, i. 266. JOHNSON, speaking of his refusal to dedicate his Dictionary... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 574 pages
...having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield, did not refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom : "...teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing master." l 1 That collection of Letters cannot be vindicate.) from the serious charge of encouraging,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 566 pages
...having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield, did not refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom : "...teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing master." ' 1 That collection of Letters cannot be vindicate:! from the serious charge of encouraging,... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - English literature - 1889 - 462 pages
...they teach the morals of a , and the manners of a dancing-master," and of their author, " This man, I thought, had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords." It was on the 7th of February 1735 that Johnson addressed to Chesterfield his terrible and celebrated... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - English literature - 1889 - 454 pages
...they teach the morals of a , and the manners of a dancing-master," and of their author, " This man, I thought, had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords." It was on the 7th of February 1735 that Johnson addressed to Chesterfield his terrible and celebrated... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - English literature - 1889 - 440 pages
...they teach the morals of a , and the manners of a dancing-master," and of their author, " This man, I thought, had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords." It was on the 7th of February 1735 that Johnson addressed to Chesterfield his terrible and celebrated... | |
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This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords! 
