 There is no arguing with Johnson ; for when his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.  Collected Poems - 521 psl.autoriai: Austin Dobson - 1898 - 526 psl.Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 508 psl.
...how near it was to being full. 1 talking for victory, and determined to be master of the field, he had recourse to the device which Goldsmith imputed...fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it." He turned to the gentleman, " Well, Sir, go to Dominicetti, and get thyself fumigated ; but be sure... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 psl.
...he had recourse to the device, which Goldsmith imputed to him in the witty words of one of Cibber's comedies : *' There is no arguing with Johnson ; for...misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end ^BuT Dominicetti, and get thyself fumigated; but be sure »769. of it." He turned to the gentleman,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 562 psl.
...of a very witty image from one of (Jibber's Comedies : " There is no arguing with Johnson : for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it." Another was this : when a gentleman of eminence in the literary world was violently censured for attacking... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 532 psl.
...aid of a very witty image from one of Gibber's Comedies: " There is no arguing with Johnson : for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it," Another was this: when a gentleman of eminence in the literary world was violently censured for attacking... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 210 psl.
...There is no arguing with him," said Goldsmith, alluding to a speech in one of Gibber's plays, " for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it." He had accustomed himself to such accuracy in common conversation, that he at all times delivered himself... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 154 psl.
...'There is no arguing with him,' said Goldsmith, alluding to a speech in one of Gibber's plays; 'for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.' He had accustomed himself to such accuracy in common conversation, that he at all times delivered himself... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 542 psl.
...satisfactory. Johnson did not answer it; but talking for victory, and determined to be master of the field, he had recourse to the device which Goldsmith imputed...fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it. He turned to the gentleman, "Well, Sir, go to Dominicetti, and get •thyself fumigated ; but be sure... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 384 psl.
...bath. Johnson did not answer it ; but talking for victory, and determined to be master of the field, he had recourse to the device which Goldsmith imputed...fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it." He turned to the gentleman, " Well, sir, go to Dominicetti, and get thyself fumigated ; but be sure... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 376 psl.
...he had recourse to the device which Goldsmith imputed to him in the witty words of one of Cibber's comedies : " There is no arguing with Johnson ; for...fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it." He turned to the gentleman, " Well, sir, go to Dominicetti, and get thyself fumigated; but be sure... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 376 psl.
...he had recourse to the device which Goldsmith imputed to him in the witty words of one of Cibber's comedies : " There is no arguing with Johnson ; for...fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it." He turned to the gentleman, " Well, sir, go to Dominicetti, and get thyself fumigated; but be sure... | |
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