 I thought it time to press the joke no further, and wrote a few couplets at a side-table, which, when I had finished and was called upon by the company to exhibit, Goldsmith with much agitation besought me to spare him, and I was about to tear them, when...  The Literary Magazine, and American Register - Page 148edited by - 1806Full view - About this book
 | John Forster - 1873 - 806 pages
...'was called upon by the com'pany to exhibit, Goldsmith with 'much agitation besought me to 'spare him, and I was about 'to tear them, when Johnson 'wrested...they had upon Goldsmith "was the more pleasing for oeing "so entirely unexpected ... At "our next meeting he pro1774 "duced his epitaphs view to that... | |
 | John Forster - 1877 - 526 pages
...by the company to exhibit, Goldsmith with mut'h agitation besought me Ui spare him, and I was abont to tear them, when Johnson wrested them out of my...the more pleasing for being so entirely unexpected. . . At our next meeting he produced his epitaphs. , . As he had served up the company under the similitude... | |
 | John Forster - 1877 - 528 pages
...much agitation besought me to spare him, and I was about to tear them, when Johnson wrested them uut of my hand, and in a loud voice read them at the table....the more pleasing for being so entirely unexpected. . . At our next meeting he produced his epitaphs. . . As he had served up the company under the similitude... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 534 pages
...was called upon by the company to exhibit, Goldsmith with much agitation besought me to spare him, and I was about to tear them, when Johnson wrested...unexpected. The concluding line, which is the only one I can call to mind, was — " All mourn the poet, I lament the man — " This I recollect, because... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi, Richard Cumberland - 1884 - 468 pages
...was called upon by the company to exhibit, Goldsmith with much agitation besought me to spare him, and I was about to tear them, when Johnson wrested...unexpected. The concluding line, which is the only one I can call to mind, was — " All mourn the poet, I lament the man — " This I recollect, because... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 614 pages
...was called upon by the company to exhibit, Goldsmith, with much agitation, besought me to spare him ; and I was about to tear them, when Johnson wrested...unexpected. The concluding line, which is the only one I can call to mind, was " All mourn the poet, I lament the man." This I recollect because he repeated... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 648 pages
...was called upon by the company to exhibit, Goldsmith, with much agitation, besought me to spare him ; and I was about to tear them, when Johnson wrested...unexpected. The concluding line, which is the only one I can call to mind, was " All mourn the poet, I lament the man." This I recollect because he repeated... | |
 | John Forster - 1871 - 544 pages
...was called upon by the company to exhibit, " Goldsmith with much agitation besought me to spare him, and " I was about to tear them, when Johnson wrested..."remembering, but as they were serious and complimentary, tha " effect they had upon Goldsmith was the more pleasing for being •" so entirely unexpected ...... | |
 | John Forster - 1903 - 482 pages
...was called upon by the company to exhibit, Goldsmith with much agitation besought me to spare him, and I was about to tear them, when Johnson wrested...the more pleasing for being so entirely unexpected. . . At our next meeting he produced his epitaphs. . . . As he had served up the company under the similitude... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1909 - 440 pages
...Goldsmith with much agitation besought me to spare him, and I was about to tear them, when Johntton wrested them out of my hand, and in a loud voice read...unexpected. The concluding line, which is the only one I can call to mind, was — ' " All mourn the poet, I lament the mail — ." . This I recollect, because... | |
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