 | James Boswell - 1826 - 416 страници
...known to be his, you answered, — ' Why should you think so? Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his...pass as his own, while that could do him any good, there was an implied promise that 1 should not own it. To own it, therefore, would have been telling... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 590 страници
...to be; his, you answered j — 'Why should you think so? Depend upon it, sir, when any man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully."' JOHNSON. "Sir, as Do(fd got it from me to pass as his own, while thai could do him any good, that waN an implied promise... | |
 | James Boswell - 1843 - 588 страници
...when any man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.'" JOHNSOK. "Sir, as Dodd got it from me to pass as his own, while that could do him anv good, that wak an implied promise that f snould not own it. To own it, therefore, would have been... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 страници
...known to be his, you answered, ' Why should you think so ? Depend upon it, sir, when any man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.' " [It is stated in Miss Reynolds's " Recollections " and in the "Gentleman's Magazine, v. 47, p. 340,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 страници
...known to be his, you answered, " Why should you think so ? Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully." ' Jons SON : ' Sir, as Dodd got it from me to pass at his own, while that could do him any good, that... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 584 страници
...known to be his, you answered, — ' Why should you think so ? Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his...pass as his own, while that could do him any good, there was an implied promise that I should not own it. To own it, therefore, would have been telling... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 584 страници
...known to be his, you answered, — ' Why should you think so ? Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his...pass as his own, while that could do him any good, there was an implied promise that I should not own it. To own it, therefore, would have been telling... | |
 | 1880 - 556 страници
...felt bound not to expose him. " Why should you think so ? Depend upon it, sir, when any man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully." On another occasion, Johnson expressed a doubt himself as to whether Dodd had really composed a certain... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 634 страници
...known to be his, you answered,—'Why should you think so? Depend upon it, Sir, when any man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his...wonderfully.'" JOHNSON. " Sir, as Dodd got it from me'to pass as his own, while that could do him any good, that was an implied promise that I should... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 634 страници
...answered, — 'Why should you think so? Depend upon it, Sir, when any man knows he is to be hanged in i fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.' " JOHNSON. " Sir, as Dodd got it from me'to pass as his own, while that could do him any good, that was an implied promise that I should... | |
| |
Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. 
