 | James Hay - 1884 - 400 páginas
...Pedantry. — "Pedantry is the unseasonable osten- |/ tation of learning." Place for Everything. — "A cow is a very good animal in the field, but we turn her out of a garden." Pleasing Others. — " We all live upon the hope of pleasing somebody." Praise. — " Praise is to... | |
 | James Hay - 1884 - 376 páginas
...Scoundrel." Pedantry. — "Pedantry is the unseasonable ostentation of learning." Place for Everything.-~-"A cow is a very good animal in the field, but we turn her out of a garden." -,"•;"; r "... ' Pleasing Others. — " We all live upon the hope of pleasing somebody." Praise.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 522 páginas
...examined, and found to be mighty ignorant fellows.' BOSwELL. ' But, was it not hard, Sir, to expel them, for I am told they were good beings?' JOHNSON....they were not fit to be in the University of Oxford 3. A cow is a very good animal in the field ; but we turn her out of a garden.' Lord Elibank used to... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 páginas
...examined, and found to be mighty ignorant fellows." BOSWÜLL : "But, was it not hard, Sir, to expel them, for I am told they were good beings ?" JOHNSON...the field, but we turn her out of a garden." Lord Klibank used to repeat this as an illustration uncommonly happy. Desirous of calling Johnson forth... | |
 | 1895 - 1056 páginas
...mighty ignorant fellows." On Boswell remarking that they were good beings, the doctor answered : — "I believe they might be good beings, but they were...animal in the field, but we turn her out of a garden." On another occasion, ') as the conversation turned on Toleration and Martyrdom. Johnson made the remark... | |
 | J. Albert Swallow - 1895 - 178 páginas
...mighty ignorant fellows." On Boswell remarking that they were good beings, the doctor answered : — "I believe they might be good beings, but they were...animal in the field, but we turn her out of a garden." On another occasion, ') as the conversation turned on Toleration and Martyrdom, Johnson made the remark... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 páginas
...providence of nature to give this creature nine lives instead of one. n. PILPAT— Fable III. Cow. sh to believe in immortality — I wish to live with you forever. /. KEATS o. SAM'L JOHNSON — BoswelVs Life of Johnson, 1772. Dog. His faithful dog salutes the smiling guest.... | |
 | Huber Gray Buehler - 1900 - 308 páginas
...sentences are simple, , or compound : — /If i/»In the multitude of counselors there is safety. 2. A cow is a very good animal in the field ; but we turn her out of a garden. 3. Where the bee sucks, there suck I ; In a cowslip's bell I lie. Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy... | |
 | John Churton Collins - 1901 - 442 páginas
...not hard to expel them ? for I am told they were good beings." " I believe," replied the sage, "that they might be good beings, but they were not fit to...animal in the field, but we turn her out of a garden." To our certain knowledge many of those who owe their reputation to the art to which we are referring... | |
 | James Boswell - 1901 - 500 páginas
...BOSWKLL. " But, was it not hard, Sir, to expel them ; for I am told they were good beings ?" JOHNROV. " I believe they might be good beings ; but they were...A cow is a very good animal in the field ; but we tarn her out of a garden." Lord Elibank used to repeat this as an illustration uncommonly happy. Desirous... | |
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I believe they might be good beings, but they were not fit to be in the University of Oxford. A cow is a very good animal in the field, but we turn her out of a garden. 
