...refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom : "This man, (said he) I thought, had been a lord among wits: but, I find, he is only a wit among lords ! " And when his Letters to his natural son were published, he observed, that " they teach the morals...

...which Miss Seward handsomely, and I believe sincerely, styles ' interesting memoirs :' " ' This man I thought had been a lord among wits ; but I find he is only a wit among lords.' " It would therefore be better if Miss Seward would not boast of all her communications concerning...

...refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom. "This man," said he, "I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords ! " And when his letters to his natural son were published, he observed, " They teach the morals of...

...this antithesis is Dr. Johnson's sarcastic application of it to Lord Chesterfield : — " This man, I thought, had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords." The oft-quoted line in Cowper's " Task," — " England, with all thy faults, I love thee still," is...

...refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom : " This man, (said he) I thought had been a lord among wits : but I find he is only a wit among lords !" And when his Letters to his natural son were published, he observed, that " they teach the morals...

...happy turns, ' was defensive pride.' ' This man,' he afterwards said, referring to Chesterfield, ' I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords.' In revenge, Chesterfield in his Letters depicted Johnson, it is said, in the character of the 'respectable...

...refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom : "This man, (said he) I thought, had been a lord among wits : but, I find, he is only a wit among lords ! " And when his Letters to his natural son were published, he observed, that " they teach the morals...

...his happy turns, " was defensive pride." " This man," he afterward said, referring to Chesterfield, " I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords." In revenge, Chesterfield in his Letters depicted Johnson. it is said, in the character of the " respectable...

...Johnson under the character of a respectable Hottentot. But Johnson paid him off " This man," said he, '* I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords." How he dealt with infidel books and their editors, may be learned from a single anecdote, which shows...

...patronised by the Peer, of whom it was afterwards said by the author of the dictionary, " This man. I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among, lords." In connexion with Mr. Andrew Millar, Messrs. Knapton, Messrs. Longman, and Mr. Hitch, Dodsley became...