 | James Boswell - 1888 - 544 Seiten
...and waste on the other, by which, on the same income, another man lives shabbily, cannot be defined. It is a very nice thing : as one man wears his coat...not." JOHNSON. " Sir, if Lord Mansfield were in a cos1pany of General Officers and Admirals who have been in service, he would shrink ; he'd wish to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 360 Seiten
...remember that their insolence «n peace is bravery in war. Werk1, vl. 149-199, Soldiers and sailors : 'WE talked of war. JOHNSON. " Every man thinks meanly...having been a soldier, or not having been at sea." BQSWKLL. " Lord Mansfield docs not." JOHNSON. "Sir, if Ix,rd Mansfield were in a company of General... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 Seiten
...and waste on the other, by which, on the same income another man lives shabbily, cannot be defined. It is a very nice thing ; as one man wears his coat...Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having bei-n a soldier, or not having been at sea." BOSWELL : "Lord Mansfield does not." JOHNSON: "Sir, if... | |
 | David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Walter Morris - 1893 - 534 Seiten
...featherheaded thinker ; yet this is what he thought of soldiers. We talked of war [writes Boswell]. Johnson : Every man thinks meanly of himself for not...having been a soldier, or not having been at sea. Bomeell : Lord Mansfield does not. Johnson : Sir, if Lord Mansfield were in a company of General Officers... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1893 - 524 Seiten
...featherheaded thinker ; yet this is what he thought of soldiers. We talked of war [writes Boswell]. JiJinson : Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea. llosirell : Lord Mansfield does not. Johwon : Sir, if Lord Mansfteld were in a company of General Officers... | |
 | Louis Klopsch - 1896 - 382 Seiten
...and waste, on the pther, by which on the same income another man lives shabbily, cannot be defined. It is a very nice thing; as one man wears his coat out much sooner than another, we cannot tell how. — DR. JOHNSON. Wealth.— Wealth, after all, is a relative thing, since he that has little, and wants... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1899 - 600 Seiten
...(afterwards Lord Stowell), at which many of the most distinguished men of the day were present:—Johnson : " Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having...been at sea." Bos-well: "Lord Mansfield does not." /ohnson: " Sir, if Lord Mansfield were in a company of i • iniii • ii- Mansfield i. The next line... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 634 Seiten
...and waste on the other, by which, on the same income, another man lives shabbily, cannot be defined. It is a very nice thing ; as one man wears his coat...soldier, or not having been at sea." BOSWELL : " Lord Mansfielc does not." JOHNSON : " Sir, if Lord Mansfield were in a company of genera] officers and admirals... | |
 | John Spencer Bassett, Edwin Mims, William Henry Glasson, William Preston Few, William Kenneth Boyd, William Hane Wannamaker - 1907 - 436 Seiten
...of us that responds to the magic of military prowess. That wise observer, Dr. Johnson, said once : "Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier or been at sea," and when Boswell said, Lord Mansfield would not be ashamed of it, he replied, "Sir, if... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 788 Seiten
...destructive it is. Economy on the one hand, by which a certain income is made to maintain a man genteeiy ; ars, and ambitious princes turn melancholy. But of...satiety, but satisfaction and appetite are perpetually — Johnson. Without economy none can be rich, and with it few will be poor.— Johnson. It is no small... | |
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Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea. 
