 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 562 pages
...muse thy Dorian lyre." " The late Mr. Fitzherbert told Mr. Langton, that Johnson said to him, ' Sir, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing, than...say a rude thing to another than to knock him down." " When Mr. Vesey 1 was proposed as a member of the LITERARY CLUB, Mr. Burke began by saying that he... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 pages
...manners, you have said enough." The late Mr. Fitzherbert told Mr. Langton that Johnson said to him, " Sir, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing, than...say a rude thing to another than to knock him down." On some occasion he observed, '* Though many men are nominally entrusted with the administration of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 532 pages
...you have said enough." " The late Mr. Fitzherbert told Mr. Langton, that Johnson said to him, Sir, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing, than...say a rude thing to another than to knock him down." " My dear friend Dr. Bathurst, (said he with a warmth of approbation) declared, he was glad that his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 536 pages
...Johnson «aid to him &r, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing, than lo act oneno more r.ght to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down My dear friend Dr. Bathurst, (said he with a warmth of approbation) declared, he wa. glad that hie... | |
 | John Selden - Religion and state - 1818 - 678 pages
...you have said enough." The late Mr. Fitzherbert told Mr. Langton, that Johnson said to him, " Sir, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing, than...say a rude thing to another than to knock him down." On some occasion he observed, " Though many men are nominally entrusted with the administration of... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 384 pages
...manners, yon have said enough."The late Mr. Fitzherbert told Mr. Langton that Johnson said to him, " Sir, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing, than...a rude thing to another, than to knock him down." No. XV. CONVERSATION. ON this subject, .Johnson laid down the following general rules : " Never speak... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 550 pages
...Mr. Langton, that Johnson said to him, Sir, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing, than lo act one; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down. My dear friend Dr. Bathuret, («aid he with a warmth of approbation) declared, he wit» glad that his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 412 pages
...have said enough.' " " The late Mr. Fitzherbert told Mr. Langton, that Johnson said to him, ' Sir, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing, than...say a rude thing to another than to knock him down.' " " ' My dear friend Dr. Bathurst (said he, with a warmth of approbation), declared, he was glad that... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 372 pages
...manners, you have said enough." The late Mr. Fitzherbert told Mr. Langton that Johnson said to him, " Sir, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing, than...a rude thing to another, than to knock him down." No. XV. CONVERSATION. ON this subject, Johnson laid down the following general rules : " Never speak... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 418 pages
...Langton, that Johnson said to him, ' Sir, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing, than to net one ; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down.'" " ' My dear friend Dr. Bathurst (said he, with a warmth of approbation), declared, he was glad that... | |
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Sir, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing, than to act one; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down. 
