Memoirs, Anecdotes, Facts, and Opinions, Band 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824 - 415 Seiten |
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Seite 112 - I observed no blameable parsimony in David : his table was elegant and even splendid ; his house both in town and country, his equipage, and I think all his habits of life, were such as might be expected from a man who had acquired great riches. In regard to his generosity, which you seem to question, I shall only say ; there is no man to whom I would apply with more confidence of success, for the loan of two hundred pounds to assist a common friend, than to David, and this too with very little,...
Seite 233 - Mr. Boswell, what you mean; you would have had me say that Johnson undertook this tour with THE Boswell." He could not indeed absolutely covet this mode of proclamation; he would perhaps have been content with " the celebrated," or
Seite 120 - In regard to his mean ambition, as you call it, of living with the great, what was the boast of Pope, and is every man's wish, can be no reproach to Garrick. He who says he despises it, knows he lies. That Garrick husbanded his fame, the fame which he had justly acquired both at the theatre and at the table, is not denied ; but where is the blame either in the one...
Seite 116 - ... himself, he raised the rank of his profession. At a convivial table his exhilarating powers were unrivalled, he was lively, entertaining, quick in discerning the ridicule of life, and as ready in representing it; and on graver subjects there were few topics in which he could not bear his part. It is injurious to the character of Garrick to be named in the same breath with Foote. That Foote was admitted sometimes into good company (to do the man what credit I can) I will allow, but then it was...
Seite 352 - WHEN I WAS A BACHELOR" WHEN I was a bachelor I lived by myself; And all the bread and cheese I got I put upon the shelf. The rats and the mice They made such a strife, I was forced to go to London To buy me a wife. The streets were so bad, And the lanes were so narrow, I was forced to bring my wife home In a wheelbarrow.
Seite 113 - ... of poetry, in the appendages of the drama, he was, if not the first, in the very first class. He had a readiness and facility, a dexterity of mind that appeared extraordinary even to men of experience, and who are not apt to wonder from ignorance. Writing prologues, epilogues, and epigrams, he said he considered as his trade, and he was, what a man should be, always, and at all times, ready at his trade. He required two hours for a prologue or epilogue, and five minutes for an epigram. Once at...
Seite 111 - That he loved money, nobody will dispute ; who does not? but if you mean, by loving money, that he was parsimonious to a fault, sir, you have been misinformed. To Foote, and such scoundrels, who circulated those reports, to such profligate spendthrifts prudence is meanness, and economy is avarice.
Seite 83 - ... his linen almost to his elbow. His wig in common was cut and bushy ; if by chance he had one that had been drest in separate curls, it gave him a disagreeable look, not suited to his years or character. I certainly had no idea that this same Dr. Johnson, whom I thought rather a disgraceful visitor at our house, and who was never mentioned by ladies but with a smile *, was to be one day an honour, not only to us but to his country.
Seite 109 - You tease me, sir. Whatever you may have heard me say, no longer ago than last Wednesday, at Mr. Thrale's table, I tell you I do not say so now ; besides, as I said before, you may not have understood me, you misapprehended me, you may not have heard me.
Seite 123 - Garrick himself gave into this foppery of feelings, I can easily believe ; but he knew at the same time that he lied. He might think it right, as far as I...