 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 Seiten
...anybody." Johnson said he thought he had already done his part as a writer. "I should have thought so too," said the king, "if you had not written so well." Johnson observed to me, upon this, that "no man could have paid a handsomer compliment, and it was... | |
 | 1911 - 488 Seiten
...compliment : — Johnson said he thought he had already done his part as a writer. " I should have thought so too," said the King, "if you had not written so well." .... When asked .... whether he made any reply to this high compliment, he answered, " No, Sir. When... | |
 | James Boswell - 1916 - 370 Seiten
...any body." Johnson said, he thought he had already done his part as a writer. "1 should have thought so too (said the King), if you had not written so well." "Xo man could have paid a handsomer compliment; and it was fit for a King to pay. It was decisive."... | |
 | Sydney Castle Roberts - 1919 - 210 Seiten
...thing.... Johnson said, he thought he had already done his part as a writer. 'I should have thought so too, (said the King,) if you had not written so well.' — Johnson observed to me, upon this, that 'No man could have paid a handsomer compliment ; and it... | |
 | James Boswell - 1923 - 372 Seiten
...any body." Johnson said he thought he had already done his part as a writer. "I should have thought so too, (said the King,) if you had not written so well." Johnson observed to me, upon this, that "No man could have paid a handsomer compliment ; and it was... | |
 | John Drinkwater - 1928 - 448 Seiten
...was then writing anything, said he thought he had told the world all he knew. "I should have thought so too," said the king, "if you had not written so well." Johnson, in telling his friends of this, observed, "No man could have paid a handsomer compliment;... | |
 | James O'Donnell Bennett - 1928 - 488 Seiten
...on talk: "Johnson said, he thought he had already done his part as a writer. 'I should have thought so too (said the King), if you had not written so well.' Johnson observed to me, upon this, that 'No man could have paid a handsomer compliment; and it was... | |
 | Thomas M. Curley - 1998 - 728 Seiten
...knowledge. . . . Johnson said, he thought he had already done his part as a writer. 'I should have thought so too, (said the King,) if you had not written so well.'"'" Johnson's reply, which had evoked this truly regal compliment, involved no duplicity. He would publish... | |
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Johnson said, he thought he had already done his part as a writer. "I should have thought so too," said the king, " if you had not written so well. 
