...you could not; for that which you could do with him every one else could.' "Of Dr. Goldsmith he said, 'No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.' " He told, in his lively manner, the following literary anecdote: — ' Green and Guthrie, an Irishman...

...argued alone. The same circumstance was noticed by Johnson, and gave rise to the observation, " that no man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had." If it must be admitted that Goldsmith had no talent for oral display, it will not be disputed that...

...argued alone. The same circumstance was noticed by Johnson, and gavo rise to the observation, " that l kinds are my asersion. A Chinese traveller, and want taste! it surprises me. Pray, If it must be admitted that Goldsmith had no talent for oral display, it will not be disputed that...

...did not deserve the Johnsonian antithesis which even goodhumoured Langton repeats so complacently : ' no man was ' more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more ' wise when he had.' Walpole said much the same thing of Hume, whose writings he thought so superior to his conversation...

...did not deserve the Johnsonian antithesis which even goodhumoured Langton repeats so complacently : ' no man was ' more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more ' wise when he had.' Walpole said much the same thing of Hume, whose writings he thought so superior to his conversation...

...did not deserve the Johnsonian antithesis which even goodhumoured Langton repeats so complacently : ' no man was ' more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more ' wise when he had.' Walpole said much the same thing of Hume, whose writings he thought so superior to his conversation...

...could not ; for that which you could do with him every one else could.' " Of Dr. Goldsmith he said, ' No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more <rise when he had.' " He told, in his lively manner, the following literary anecdote : — ' Green...

...and a similar circumstance also occurred at a party at Sir Joshua Reynolds's. Dr. Johnson said truly of him,— " No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had:" and on another occasion,—" Goldsmith was a man who, whatever he wrote, did it better than any other...

...not ; for that which you could do with him, every one else could.' " " Of Dr. Goldsmith, he said, ' No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.' " "He told, in his lively manner, the following literary anecdote: — ' Green and Guthrie, an Irishman...

...on all sides, and to the best advantage, his new bloom-coloured coat. " No man," said Dr. Johnson, " was more foolish when he had " not a pen in his hand." Yet on some rare occasions, Johnson himself might feel the keen edge of his unpremeditated wit. Thus,...