 Why, sir, if the fellow does not think as he speaks, he is lying : and I see not what honour he can propose to himself from having the character of a liar. But if he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, sir, when...  Johnsoniana.. - Страница 104по James Boswell - 1820 - 178 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 574 страници
...person maintained that there was no distinction between virtue and vice. JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, if the fellow does not think as he speaks, he is lying ;...the character of a liar. But if he does really think 1 He used to tell, with great humour, from my relation to him, the following little story of my early... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 страници
...person maintained that there was no distinction between virtue and vice. JOHNSON : " Why, Sir, if the fellow does not think as he speaks, he is lying; and...when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons." Sir David Dairy mple, now one of the judges of Scotland by the title of Lord Hailes, had contributed... | |
 | James Boswell - 1891 - 412 страници
...she could never have been a good thing, and even that bad thing is spoiled/ v. 512, n. I. SPOONS. ' If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, Sir, when he 3'7 Spoons. Suspicion. leaves our houses let us count our spoons,' i. 500. STAMP. ' I was resolved... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 484 страници
...conversation to maintain that there was no distinction between virtue and vice, he said, "Why sir, if the fellow does not think as he speaks, he is lying; and...distinction between virtue and vice, why sir, when be leaves our houses let us count our spoons." Of modern infidels and innovators he said,. "Sir, these... | |
 | Thomas Bailey Saunders - 1894 - 350 страници
...maintained that there was no distinction between virtue and vice, " Why, Sir," said Johnson, " if the fellow does not think as he speaks, he is lying ; and I do not see what honour he can propose to himself from having the character of a liar. But if he does... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 страници
...Female Character. A very unclubable man. n. SAM'L JOHNSON — BoswelFs Life of Johnson. 1764. Note. o. SAM'L JOHNSON — BoswelFs Life of Johnson. 1763, Officious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless... | |
 | Louis Klopsch - 1896 - 382 страници
...their God, he who expects to find them so to each other will be much disappointed. — BISHOP HORNE. If he does really think that there is no distinction...when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons. — DR. JOHNSON. All other knowledge is hurtful to him who has not honesty and good-nature. — MONTAIGNE.... | |
 | Elizabeth Rachel Chapman - 1897 - 268 страници
...of sophistry in his day! It may be recollected that of one of them he thus delivered himself:—"If he does really think that there is no distinction...when he leaves our houses, let us count our spoons." a Foreword xiii I believe in the Woman-movement. Not in the exaggerations and aberrations of a small... | |
 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1899 - 386 страници
...distinction. (i) ' Strange that such difference should be 'Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee.' — BYROM. (ii) ' If he does really think that there is no distinction...when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.' — DR. JOHNSON. REMARKS : — A difference is, in general, an unlikeness between external things.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 страници
...person maintained that there was no distinction between virtue and vice. JOHNSON : " Why, Sir, if the Sir David Dalrymple, now one of the judges of Scotland by the title of Lord Hailes, had contributed... | |
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