 | 1870 - 792 str.
...friend, of Goldsmith. " He is not a cur," replied Goldsmith ; " you are too severe ; he is only a burr. Tom Davies flung him at Johnson in sport, and he has the faculty of sticking." Miss Burney thus caricatures the appearance of Boswell in Johnson's presence, when intent upon his... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1837 - 554 str.
...Goldsmith playing upon the word, ' you are too severe ; he is merely a Scotch bur.* Tom Davies threw him at Johnson in sport, and he has the faculty of sticking' "t Wilkcs likewise said on this and on other occasions, that he had heard Goldsmith treat Boswell's... | |
 | 1837 - 536 str.
...irritation. Goldsmith replied, " No, no, you are too severe; he is only a Scotch burr. Tom Davies threw him at Johnson in sport, and he has the faculty of sticking." And last, but not least, it was enough to give the preserver of Johnson's conversations and anticipated... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1837 - 564 str.
...Goldsmith playing upon the word, ' you are too severe; he is merely a Scotch bur.* Tom Davies threw him at Johnson in sport, and he has the faculty of sticking.' "f /. ~ Wilkes likewise said on this and on other occasions, that he had heard Goldsmith treat Boswell's... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1837 - 558 str.
...Goldsmith playing upon the word, 'you are too severe; he is merely a Scotch bur.* Tom Da vies threw him at Johnson in sport, and he has the faculty of sticking.' "f Wilkes likewise said on this and on other occasions, that he had heard Goldsmith treat Boswell's... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1837 - 572 str.
...irritation. Goldsmith replied, " No, no, you are too severe; he is only a Scotch burr. Tom Davies threw him at Johnson in sport, and he has the faculty of sticking." And last, but not least, it was enough to give the preserver of Johnson's conversations and anticipated... | |
 | 1870 - 878 str.
...friend, of Goldsmith. " He is not a cur," replied Goldsmith; "you are too severe; be is only a burr. Tom Davies flung him at Johnson in sport, and he has the faculty of sticking." Miss Burney thus caricatures • the appearance of Boswell in Johnson's presence, when intent upon... | |
 | Joachim Fernau - 1848 - 736 str.
...some one, amazed at the sudden intimacy. ' He is not a cur,' answered Goldsmith. ' You are too severe. He is only a bur. ' Tom Davies flung him at Johnson in sport, and he has ' the faculty of sticking.' Boswell has retorted this respectful contempt; and in him it is excessively ludicrous. ' It has been... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 740 str.
...some one, amazed at the sudden intimacy. ' He ia not a cur,' answered Goldsmith. ' You are too severe. He is only a bur. ' Tom Davies flung him at Johnson in sport, and he has ' the faculty of sticking.' Boswell has retorted this respectful contempt; and in him it is excessively ludicrous. ' It has been... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 744 str.
...some one, amazed at the sudden intimacy. ' He is not a cur,' answered Goldsmith. ' You are too severe. He is only a bur. ' Tom Davies flung him at Johnson in sport, and he has ' the faculty of sticking.' Boswell has retorted this respectful contempt; and in him it is excessively ludicrous. ' It has been... | |
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you are too severe. He is only a bur. Tom Davies flung him at Johnson in sport, and he has the faculty of sticking. 
