 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 508 pagina’s
...an English epitaph on an English author. His reply was, in the genuine spirit of an old scholar, " he would never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster abbey with an English inscription." One of his arguments, in favour of a common learned language, was ludicrously cogeut : " Consider,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pagina’s
...an English epitaph on an English author. His reply was, in the genuine spirit of an old scholar, " he would never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster abbey with an English inscription." One of his arguments, in favour of a common learned language, was ludicrously cogeut : " Consider,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 514 pagina’s
...an English epitaph on an English author. His reply was, in the genuine spirit of an old scholar, " he would never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster abbey with an English inscription." One of his arguments, in favour of a common learned language, was ludicrously cogent : " Consider,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Johnson - 1825 - 508 pagina’s
...an Knglish epitaph on an English author. His reply was, in the genuine spirit of an old scholar, " he would never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster abbey with ao English inscription." One of his arguments, in favour of a common learned language, was ludicrously... | |
 | sir James Prior - 1826 - 1108 pagina’s
...Metcalf, E. Gibbon, Jos. Warton. Sir Joshua carried it, and received for answer from Johnson, " that he would never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster Abbey with an English inscription." — " I wonder," said he, " that Joe Warton, a scholar by profession, should be such a fool ; " adding, " I... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 412 pagina’s
...who received it with much good humour', and desired sir Joshua to tell the gentlemen, that he would alter the epitaph in any manner they pleased, as to the sense of it ; * This prelate, who was afterwards translated to the see of Limerick, died at Wimbledon in Surrey,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 416 pagina’s
...who received it with much good humour', and desired sir Joshua to tell the gentlemen, that he would alter the epitaph in any manner they pleased, as to the sense of it; • This prelate, who was afterwards translated to the see of Limerick, died at Wimbledon in Surrey,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 622 pagina’s
...much good humour,-f- and desired Sir Joshua to tell the gentlemen, that he would alter the Kpitaph in any manner they pleased, as to the sense of it ; but he would neuer consent la disgrace the walls of Westminster Abbey with an Eriffiish inscription. u 1 consider... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 pagina’s
...Johnson, who received t with much good-humour, and desired Sir Joshua to tell the jentlemen that he would ces, and wh , neter consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster Abbr.Q with an English nscription. I consider this... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 366 pagina’s
...accurate fac simile of the signatures. — C. desired Sir Joshua to tell the gentlemen, that he would alter the Epitaph in any manner they pleased, as to...marks, in a certain degree, Dr. Johnson's character." was one of the company at Sir Joshua's, like a sturdy scholar, resolutely refused to sign the Bound... | |
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Sir Joshua agreed to carry it to Dr. Johnson, who received it with much good humour,1 and desired Sir Joshua to tell the gentlemen, that he would alter the Epitaph in any manner they pleased, as to the sense of it; but he would never consent to disgrace... 
