 | 1900 - 570 páginas
...shine in conversation ; he has not temper for it, he is so much mortified when he fails. . . When ha contends, if he gets the better, it is a very little...he does not get the better, he is miserably vexed." Bos well, nevertheless, admits that Goldsmith was " often very fortunate in his witty contests, even... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1900 - 304 páginas
...a hundred to one who cannot spare the hundred. It is not worth a man's while. . . . When Goldsmith contends, if he gets the better it is a very little...he does not get the better, he is miserably vexed." * It should be added that there were other causes than these for Goldsmith's frequent vexation. Miss... | |
 | Charles Josselyn - 1903 - 320 páginas
..., , , , , . .. Not Attempt to Shine it, though he has a hundred chances for him; he cannot but get a guinea, and he may lose a hundred. Goldsmith is...he does not get the better, he is miserably vexed." A young lady who had married a man much her inferior in rank, being mentioned, a question arose how... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1903 - 336 páginas
...not spare the hundred. It is not worth a man's while. A man should not lay a hundred to one unless he can easily spare it, though he has a hundred chances...Goldsmith is in this state. When he contends, if he gpfa t:*"• h«tter, it is a very little addition to a man of his literary reputation ; if he does... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1903 - 414 páginas
...not spare the hundred. It is not worth a man's while. A man should not lay a hundred to one unless he can easily spare it, though he has a hundred chances...Goldsmith is in this state. When he contends, if he 15 gets the better, it is a very little addition to a man of his literary reputation; if he does not... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 1590 páginas
...spare the hundred. It is not worth a man's while. A man should not lay a hundred to one, unless he so to the Queen*, which is so happily conceived and...point it out to the peculiar notice of my readers 1. risk of such uneasiness. Garrick had remarked to me of him, a few days before, ' Rabelais and all other... | |
 | James Boswell - 1852
...spare the hundred. It is not worth a man's while. A man should not lay a hundred to one, unless he can easily spare it, though he has a hundred chances...Johnson's own superlative powers of wit set him above any risk of such uneasiness. Garrick had remarked to me of him, a few days before, " Rabelais and all other... | |
 | James Boswell - 1910 - 602 páginas
...spare the hundred. It is not worth a man's while. A man should not lay a hundred to one, unless he can easily spare it, though he has a hundred chances...he is miserably vexed." Johnson's own superlative power of wit set him above any risk of such uneasiness. Garrick had remarked to me of him, a few days... | |
 | James Boswell - 1912 - 106 páginas
...cannot spare the hundred. It is not worth a man's while. A man should not lay a hundred to one unless he can easily spare it, though he has a hundred chances...Johnson's own superlative powers of wit set him above any risk of such uneasiness. Garrick had remarked to me of him, a few days before, "Rabelais and all other... | |
 | James Boswell - 1916 - 370 páginas
...spare the hundred. It is not worth, a man's while. A man should not lay a hundred to one, unless he can easily spare it, though he has a hundred chances...own superlative powers of wit set him " above any risk of such uneasiness. Garrick had remarked to me of him, a few days before, "Rabelais and all other... | |
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Now Goldsmith's putting himself against another, is like a man laying a hundred to one who cannot spare the hundred. It is not worth a man's while. A man should not lay a hundred to one unless he can easily spare it, though he has a hundred chances for... 
