| James Boswell - 1820 - 382 Seiten
...saying that / could do it. You put me in mind of Sappho, in. Ovid." * He said to Sir Joshua Reynolds, " If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man should keep his friendship in constant repair." Amid the cokl obscurity of Johnson's... | |
| James Boswell - 1820 - 442 Seiten
...a subseqnent period of his life, the opinion of Johnson hiiuself. He said to Sir Joshua Reynolds, " If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon und himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair." The celebrated... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - 388 Seiten
...a subsequent period of his life, the opinion of Johnson himself. He said to Sir Joshua Reynolds, " If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair." The celebrated Mr. Wilkes,... | |
| 1821 - 372 Seiten
...saying that / could do it. You put me in mind of Sappho, in Ovid." * He said to Sir Joshua Reynolds, " If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he wilt soon find himself left alone. A man should keep his friendship in constant repair." Amid the cold... | |
| James Boswell - 1822 - 514 Seiten
...a subsequent period of his life, the opinion of Johnson himself. He said to Sir Joshua Reynolds, " If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair" The celebrated Mr. Wilkes, whose... | |
| James Boswell - 1822 - 508 Seiten
...a subsequent period of his life, the opinion of Johnson himself. He said to Sir Joshua Reynolds, " If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair." The celebrated Mr. Wilkes,... | |
| Samuel Johnson, James Boswell - 1825 - 370 Seiten
...thing, that he is nothing of any thing." At a late period of his life he said to Sir Joshua Reynolds, " If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair." During a visit at Oxford, the... | |
| James Boswell - 1826 - 440 Seiten
...affectionate temper and bright fancy will coalesce a great deal sooner than those who are cold and dull. man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair." The celebrated Mr. Wilkes,... | |
| 1828 - 398 Seiten
...pliancy ; and1 the pliant, without firmness ; resemble vessels without water, and water without vessels. If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man should keep his friendship in constant repair. Sin is the fruitful parent of distempers,... | |
| Laconics - 1829 - 390 Seiten
...meet and cozen young gentlemen out of all their money. — Life of Lord Herbert of Cherbury. MCXXXVf. If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man should keep his friendship in constant repair — Johnson. Mcxxxvn. How is it possible... | |
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