 Letters I cannot think myself in much danger. I met him only once about thirty years ago, and in some small dispute reduced him to whistle ; having not seen him since, that is the last impression.  The Works of Samuel Johnson - Pàgina 420per Samuel Johnson - 1816Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 pàgines
...to Mrs. Thrale : " The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed." And his is one of those ever-burning flames, which cannot be blown out, and has no chance ' of dying... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, William Alexander Clouston - 1875 - 346 pàgines
...hurt by his critics. The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket ; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed. Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense. The power of... | |
 | James Hay - 1884 - 376 pàgines
...ground. To keep it up, it must be struck at both ends. — Journal, Collectanea by Boswell. November u. A very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed. Men have a solicitude about fame ; and the greater share they have of it, the more afraid they are... | |
 | 1885 - 932 pàgines
...hurt by his critics. The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out ; but it often dies in the socket. From the author of ' Fitzosborne's Letters ' I cannot...about thirty years ago, and in some small dispute soon reduced him to whistle/' Dr. Johnson is in no danger from anybody. None but Gargantua could blow... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - 1887 - 312 pàgines
...reputation cannot be ' blown out ; but it often dies in • the socket. ' From the author of Fitzosbornes Letters I ' cannot think myself in much danger. I...about thirty years ago, and ' in some small dispute soon reduced him to I whistle.' Dr. Johnson is in no danger from anybody. None but Gargantua could... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - 1887 - 314 pàgines
...of reputation cannot be blown out ; but it often dies in the socket. From the author of Fitzosbornes Letters I cannot think myself in much danger. I met...about thirty years ago, and in some small dispute soon reduced him to whistle.' Dr. Johnson is in no danger from anybody. None but Gargantua could blow... | |
 | James Boswell, Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 490 pàgines
...hurt by his criticks. The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket4; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed. From 1 Miss Burney shews how luxurious a table Mr. Thrale kept. ' We had,' she records, in May 1779, 'a... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 492 pàgines
...hurt by his criticks. The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket4; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed. From ' Miss Burney shews how luxurious a table Mr. Thrale kept. 'We had,' she records, in May 1779, 'a very... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 356 pàgines
...hurt by his critics. The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket ; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed. Piozzi Letters, ii. no. • • • IT is one of the common distresses of a writer to be within a word... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - 1889 - 720 pàgines
...hurt by his critics. The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket. A very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed. 328 Johnson : Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson. From Original MSS. by Hester Lynch Piozzi,... | |
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