 I have often blamed myself, Sir, for not feeling for others, as sensibly as many say they do." JOHNSON. "Sir, don't be duped by them any more. You will find these very feeling people are not very ready to do you good. They pay you by feeling.  The Table Talk of John Selden - Sida 95efter John Selden - 1818 - 180 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 348 sidor
...sensibly as many say they do." Johnson: " Sir, don't be duped by them any more. You will find tbese very feeling people are not very ready to do you good. They pay you by feeling."—Boswdl. In the evening our gentleman-farmer and two others entertained themselves and the... | |
 | 1880 - 556 sidor
...at the same time recomnianding a young man who kept a pickleshop. Johnson summed up by the remark . "You will find these very feeling people are not very ready to do you good. They pay you by feeling." Johnson never objected to feeling, but to the waste of feeling. In a similar vein he told Mrs. Thrale... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1882 - 216 sidor
...at the same time recommending a young man who kept a pickle-shop. Johnson summed up by the remark.^' You will find these very feeling people are not very ready to (\<p ymi goo&r^I^&ypdy^on'TiyJeeTin'gT' Johnson never objected to feeling, but to "tEe" waste of feeling.""... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 742 sidor
...have often blamed myself, Sir, for not feeling for others as sensibly as many say they do." JOHNSON. " Sir, don't be duped by them any more. You will find...very ready to do you good. They pay you by feeling" BOSWELL. "Foote has a great deal of humour." JOHNSON. " Yes, Sir." BOSWELL. " He has a singular talent... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 sidor
...have often blamed myself, sir, for not feeling for others as sensibly as many say they do. JOHNSON. " Sir, don't be duped by them any more. You will find these very feeling people are not ready to do you good. They pay you \*y feeling." On another occasion he said: "Pity is not natural... | |
 | James Hay - 1884 - 376 sidor
...own distresses to estimate the comparative happiness of others. — Rasselas, ch. XL You will find very feeling people are not ** very ready to do you good. They pay you by feeling. — Life. October 19, 1769. The composition of sermons is not very Sermons ,._ , ., difficult — Life.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 634 sidor
...discriminative manner, a portrait of the late Mr. Fitzherbert of Derbyshire. "There was," said he, "no sparkle, no brilliancy in Fitzherbert ; but I never knew a man who was so generally acceptable. He made every body quite easy, overpowered nobody by the superiority of his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1885 - 492 sidor
...often blamed myself, Sir, for not feeling for others, as sensibly as many say they do." JOHNSON. " Sir, don't be duped by them any more. You will find...feeling people are not very ready to do you good. They fay you by feeling." BOSWELL. " Foote has a great deal of humour. JOHNSON. "Yes, Sir." BOSWELL. " He... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1885 - 908 sidor
...said Boswell, "for not feeling for others as sensibly as many say they do." "Sir," replied Johnson, "don't be duped by them any more. You will find these very feeling people are not ver)' ready to do you good. They pay you by feeling." AP KuutU. FORMS AND CEREMONIES, 1. Their necessity... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 500 sidor
...have often blamed myself, Sir, for not feeling for others as sensibly as many say they do.' JOHNSON. ' Sir, don't be duped by them any more. You will find...very ready to do you good. They pay you by feeling.' BOSWELL. 'Foote has a great deal of humour?' JOHNSON. ' Yes, Sir.' BOSWELL. ' He has a singular talent... | |
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