 | James Boswell - 1786 - 552 Seiten
...always disgusts me. That fellow Richardson [the novelist] on the contrary could not be contented to sail quietly down the stream of reputation, without longing...to taste the froth from every stroke of the oar.' Piozzi's Ante. p. 184. See ante, iii. 333, §for Johnson's rebuke of Hannah More's flattery. 1 Johnson,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 Seiten
...too much always disgusts me : thatfellow, Richardson, on the contrary, could not be contented to sail quietly down the stream of reputation, without longing to taste the froth from every stroke o£ the oar." With regard to slight insults from newspaper abuse, I have already declared his notions.... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1826 - 250 Seiten
...too much always disgusts me : that fellow Richardson, on the contrary, could not be contented to sail quietly down the stream of reputation, without longing...to taste the froth from every stroke of the oar." With regard to slight insults from newspaper abuse, I have already declared his notions : " They sting... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 586 Seiten
...proof at least that he loves more to please me, than to sit silent when he need say nothing." — " The difference between praise and flattery is the...that hospitality that sets wine enough before the guest,and that which forces him to drink."— Fiozzi's Anec. p. 141— DUPPA.] Tour to the lead, though... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 600 Seiten
...much always disgusts me : that fellow, Richardson, on the contrary, could not be contented to sail quietly down the stream of reputation without longing...to taste the froth* from every stroke of the oar."] In 1752 he was almost entirely occupied with his Dictionary. .The last paper of his Rambler was pub•... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 602 Seiten
...much always disgusts me : that fellow, Richardson, on the contrary, could not be contented to sail quietly down the stream of reputation without longing...to taste the froth from every stroke of the oar."] In 1752 he was almost entirely occupied with his Dictionary. The last paper of his Rambler was pub'... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 604 Seiten
...much always disgusts me : that fellow, Richardson, on the contrary, could not be contented to sail quietly down the stream of reputation without longing...to taste the froth from every stroke of the oar."] In 1752 he was almost entirely occupied with his Dictionary. The last paper of his Rambler was pub1... | |
 | James Boswell - 1833 - 1182 Seiten
...too much always disgusts me: that fellow, Richardson, on the contrary, could not be contented to sail quietly down the stream of reputation without longing...to taste the froth from every stroke of the oar."] In 1752 he was almost entirely occupied with his Dictionary. The last paper of his Rambler was published... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 506 Seiten
...too much always disgusts me : that fellow Richardson, on the contrary, could not be contented to sail quietly down the stream of reputation, without longing...to taste the froth from every stroke of the oar.*" — CROKER'S EosweH, vol. i., p. 210.] s Johnson himself felt pride on finding his Dictionary in Lord... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 492 Seiten
...too much always disgusts me : that fellow Richardson, on the contrary, could not be contented to sail quietly down the stream of reputation, without longing...to taste the froth from every stroke of the oar.' " — CROKER'S Boswell, vol. i., p. 210.] » Johnson himself felt pride on finding his Dictionary in... | |
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You think I love flattery (says Dr. Johnson), and so I do; but a little too much always disgusts me: that fellow Richardson, on the contrary, could not be contented to sail quietly down the stream of reputation, without longing to taste the froth from... 
