 | James Boswell - 1791 - 556 pages
...humour ?" JoHNSON. " Yes, Sir." BOSWELL. " He has a fingular talent of exhibiting character." JoHNSON. " Sir, it is not a talent, it is a vice; it is what others abftain from. It is not comedy, which exhibits the character of a fpecies, as that of a mifer gathered... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Anecdotes - 1798 - 464 pages
...of humour ?"— J. " Yes, Sir."— B. " He has a fmr gular talent of exhibiting character." — J. " Sir, it is not a talent ; it is a vice ; it is what others abflain from. It is not comedy,. which exhibits the character of a fpecies, as that of a mifer gathered... | |
 | William Cook - 1805 - 240 pages
...coarse." Being asked whether Foote had a singular talent of exhibiting character, he replied, " No, Sir : it is not a talent, it is a vice. It is what others abstain from. It is not comedy, which exhibits the character of a species, as that of a miser gathered... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 508 pages
...humour." JOHNSON. " Yes, Sir." BOSWELL. " He has a singular talent of exhibiting character." JOHNSON. " Sir, it is not a talent ; it is a vice ; it is what others abstain from. It is not comedy, which exhibits the character of a species, as that of a miser gathered... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 238 pages
...deal of humour ?"—J. " Yes, Sir."—B. " He has a singular talent of exhibiting character."—J. " Sir, it is not a talent; it is a vice; it is what others abstain from. It is not comedy, which exhibits the character of a species, as that of a miser gathered... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...humour." JOHNSON. " Yes, Sir." BOSWELL. "He has a singular talent of exhibiting character." JOHNSON. "Sir, it is not a talent; it is a vice; it is what others abstain from. It is not comedy, which exhibits the character of a species, as that of a miser gathered... | |
 | John Selden - Religion and state - 1818 - 678 pages
...humour ?" — J. " Yes, Sir." — B. " He has a singular talent of exhibiting character." — J. " Sir, it is not a talent ; it is a vice ; it is what others abstain from. It is not comedy, which exhibits the character of a species, as that of a miser gathered... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 382 pages
...humour." JOHNSON. " Yes, sir." BOSVTELL. " He has a singular talent of exhibiting character." JOHNSON. " Sir, it is not a talent, it is a vice ; it is what others abstain from. It is not comedy, which exhibits the character of a species, as that of a miser gathered... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pages
...humour." JOHNSON. N " Yes, sir." BOSWELL. "He has a singular talent of exhibiting character." JOHNSON. " Sir, it is not a talent; it is a vice; it is what others abstain from. It is not comedy, which exhibits the character of a species, as that of a miser gathered... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 372 pages
..."Foots has a greaX JOHNSON. " Yes, sir." BOSWE.IA-. " gular talent of exhibiting character." JOHNSON. " Sir, it is not a talent, it is a vice ; it is what others abstain from. It is not comedy, which exhibits the character of a species, as that of a miser gathered... | |
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He has a singular talent of exhibiting character.' JOHNSON. 'Sir, it is not a talent; it is a vice; it is what others abstain from. It is not comedy, which exhibits the character of a species, as that of a miser gathered from many misers: it is farce,... 
