 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1803 - 624 pages
...merit they have, must be imputed, in a great measure, to the education which I may be said to have had under Dr. Johnson. I do not mean to say, though it certainly wouM be to the credit of these discourses, if 1 could say it with truth, that he contributed even a... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1809 - 476 pages
...merit they have, must be imputed, in x great measure, to the education which I may be said to have had under Dr. Johnson. I do. not mean to say, though it...certainly would be to the credit of these Discourses, if t could say it with truth, that he contributed even a single sentiment to them ; but he qua->lifted... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 538 pages
...they have, must be imputed, in a great measure, to the education which I rinay be said to have had under Dr. Johnson. I do not mean to say, though it...truth, that he contributed even a single sentiment fo them : but he qualified my mind to think justly. No man had, like him, the faculty of teaching inferior... | |
 | Biography - 1816 - 534 pages
...merit they have, must be imputed, in a great measure, to the education which I may be said to have had under Dr. Johnson. I do not mean to say, though it...say it with truth, that he contributed even a single s;-ntiment to them: but he qualified my mind to think justly. No man had, like him, the faculty of... | |
 | Biography - 1816 - 536 pages
...merit they have, must be imputed, in a great measure, to the education which I may be said to have had under Dr. Johnson. I do not mean to say, though it...these discourses if I could say it with truth, that lie contributed even a single sentiment to them: but he qualified my mind to think justly. No man had,... | |
 | James Northcote - Art - 1819 - 388 pages
...they may have must he imputed, in a great measure, to the education which I may be said to have had under Dr. Johnson. I do not mean to say, though it certainly would he to the credit of these Discourses, if I could say it with truth, that he contributed even a single... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - Art - 1824 - 332 pages
...place, may have, must be imputed, in a great measure, to the education which I may be said to have had under Dr. Johnson. I do not mean to say, though it...even a single sentiment to them ; but he qualified mind to think justly." There were others again, who fancied that Burke materially assisted him on these... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 332 pages
...place, may have, must be imputed, in a great measure, to the education which I may be said to have had under Dr. Johnson. I do not mean to say, though it certainly would be to the credit,of these Discourses if I could say it with truth, that he contributed even a single sentiment... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1832 - 324 pages
...Discourses may have, must be imputed in a great measure to the education which I may be said to have had under Dr. Johnson. I do not mean to say, though it...my mind to think justly. No man had, like him, the art of teaching inferior minds the art of thinking. Perhaps other men might have equal knowledge, but... | |
 | William Jerdan - Great Britain - 1834 - 418 pages
...discourses may have, must be imputed, in a great degree, to the education which I may be said to have had under Dr. Johnson. I do not mean to say, though it...my mind to think justly. No man had, like him, the art of teaching inferior minds the art of thinking. Perhaps other men might have equal knowledge, but... | |
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Whatever merit these Discourses may have, must be imputed in a great measure to the education which I may be said to have had under Dr. Johnson. I do not mean to say, though it certainly would be to the credit of these Discourses, if I could say it with... 
