 ADAMS. But, Sir, how can you do this in three years ? JOHNSON. Sir, I have no doubt that I can do it in three years. ADAMS. But the French Academy, which consists of forty members, took forty years to compile their Dictionary.  The British Prose Writers - Pagina 231821Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1897 - 550 pagina’s
...When, on Johnson's undertaking to finish the Dictionary in three years, Dr. Adams pointed out that ' the French Academy, which consists of forty members, took forty years to compile their Dictionary} he replied : — ' Sir, thus it is. This is the proportion. Let me see ; forty times forty is sixteen... | |
 | William Andrews - 1898 - 264 pagina’s
...years.' Adams : 'But the French Academy, which consists of forty members, took forty years to complete their dictionary.' Johnson : ' Sir, thus it is —...is the proportion of an Englishman to a Frenchman.' " This pleasantry is not reproduced to show Johnson's vanity, but to give a glimpse of some of the... | |
 | William Andrews - 1898 - 266 pagina’s
...the French Academy, which consists of forty members, took forty years to complete their dictionary.1 Johnson : ' Sir, thus it is — this is the proportion....is the proportion of an Englishman to a Frenchman.' " This pleasantry is not reproduced to show Johnson's vanity, but to give a glimpse of some of the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 638 pagina’s
...do this in three years ? JOHNSON. Sir, I have no doubt that I can do it in three years. ADAMS. But the French Academy, which consists of forty members,...prodigious labour which he had undertaken to execute. The public has had, from another pen, a long detail of what had been done in this country by prior... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 pagina’s
...in three years ?" JOHNSON : " Sir, I have no doubt that I can do it in three years." ADAMS : " But ow, aP s" BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON 43 to sixteen hundred, so is the proportion of an Englishman to a Frenchman."... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 146 pagina’s
...naturally thought of Juvenal as a model. (See Index, "Juvenal," and Johnson's Ideals, § i, p. xx.) which consists of forty members, took forty years to compile their Dictionary." Johnson replied: " Sir, thus it is. This is the proportion. Let me see ; forty times forty is sixteen hundred.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 1590 pagina’s
...you do this in three years? JOHNSON. Sir, I have no doubt that I can do it in three years. ADAMS. But far abated, that they will be capable of being consoled...like violent pain of body, must be severely felt.' The publick has had, from another pen 1, a long detail of what had been done in this country by prior... | |
 | Napoleon I (Emperor of the French) - 1905 - 400 pagina’s
...effect in three years the equivalent of forty years' 1 work of the whole French Academy. "Sir, there it is. This is the proportion. Let me see ; forty...is the proportion of an Englishman to a Frenchman." The verdict of history has inverted this ratio of value in the persons of Napoleon and Dr. Johnson... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1906 - 374 pagina’s
...Academy which consisted of forty members, took forty years to compile their dictionary, Johnson replied: "This is the proportion. Let me see, forty times forty...is the proportion of an Englishman to a Frenchman." An important event in his career now happened. His tragedy named " Irene " had long ago been finished,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 562 pagina’s
...himself as an example : ' Johnson. " Sir, 1 have no doubt I can do it in three years." Adams. " But the French Academy, which consists of forty members,...is the proportion of an Englishman to a Frenchman"' (Life 1. 186). 104. In 1746 Hogarth in his picture of the March to Finchley showed the demoralization... | |
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