 I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a pretty woman ; but she should be one who could understand me, and would add something to the conversation.  The life of Samuel Johnson - Sida 569efter James Boswell - 1817Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | James Boswell, Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 490 sidor
...Derby, 'Johnson strongly expressed his love of driving fast in a post-chaise. " If," said he, " I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend...me, and would add something to the conversation"' (ante, iii. 162). He had previously said (ante, ii. 453), as he was driven rapidly along in a post-chaise,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1888 - 544 sidor
...our way, Johnson strongly expressed his love of driving fast in a post-chaise. "If (said he) I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend...to stop just where the Highland army did in 1745. JOHNSON. " It was a noble attempt." BOSWELL. " I wish we could have an authentick history of it." JOHNSON.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 578 sidor
...our way, Johnson strongly expressed his love of driving fast in a post-chaise. "If," said he, "I had no •duties, and no reference to futurity, I would...post-chaise with a pretty woman ; but she should be one that could understand me, and would add something to the conversation." I observed, that we were this... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 sidor
...our way Johnson strongly expressed his love of driving fast in a post-chaise. "If," said he, "I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend...but she should be one who could understand me, and woirld add something to the conversation." I observed, that we were this day to stop just where the... | |
 | 1895 - 416 sidor
...cold. GEORGE HERBERT. Will Fortune never come with both hands full? 2 KING HENBY IV. iv. 4. TF I had no duties and no reference to futurity, I would spend...understand me, and would add something to the conversation. DR. JOHNSON. CRABBED age and youth cannot live together : Youth is full of pleasai ice, age is full... | |
 | 1914 - 854 sidor
...of a postchaise," Leigh Hunt declared ; and they were wheels of fortune and gaiety often. "If I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend...driving briskly in a postchaise with a pretty woman," said Dr. Johnsou — even he ! And these are sighs often breathed in connection with touring-cars to-day... | |
 | Johnson Club (London, England) - 1899 - 350 sidor
...in driving briskly in a post-chaise, with a pretty woman; but" (and this too is very characteristic) "she should be one who could understand me, and would add something to the conversation." r To relate what was seen on most of Johnson's tours were impossible. Boswell and others, fortunately,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 546 sidor
...our way, Johnson strongly expressed his love of driving fast in a post-chaise. " If (said he) I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend...to stop just where the Highland army did in 1745. JOHNSON. " It was a noble attempt." BOSWELL. " I wish we could have an authentick history of it." JOHNSON.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 sidor
...complain of their lot- Dos magna farenlum virtus. of driving fast in a postchaise. " If," said he, " I had ` 5h `W! j m I ]Y KТ% i I f % JOHNSON : "It was a noble attempt." BOSWELL : " I wish we could have an authentic history of it." JOHNSON... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Wight Duff - 1900 - 318 sidor
...this " ; yet it depended on the company and the talk ; for he said on another occasion, " If I had no duties and no reference to futurity, I would spend...post-chaise with a pretty woman ; but she should be one that could understand me and add something to the conversation." He was truly social. With his broad... | |
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