 | James Boswell - 1791 - 556 sivua
...and 'tafte he had great confidence, faid to him, after a few numbers of the Rambler had come out, " I thought very well of you before ; but I did not...imagine you could have written any thing equal to this." Diftant praife, from whatever quarter, is not fo delightful as that of a wife whom a man loves and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 sivua
...and taste he had great confidence, said to him, after a few numbers of the Rambler 'had come out, " I thought very well of you before ; but I did not...imagine you could have written any thing equal to this." Distant praise, from whatever quarter, is not so delightful as that of a wife whom a man loves and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 sivua
...and taste he had great confidence, said to him, after a few numbers of The Rambler had come out, ' I thought very well of you before ; but I did not imagine you could have written anything equal to this'.' Distant praise, from whatever quarter, is not so delightful as that of a... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 sivua
...and taste he had great confidence, said to him, after a few numbers of The Rambler had come out, ' I thought very well of you before ; but I did not imagine you could have written anything equal to this'.' Distant praise, from whatever quarter, is not so delightful as that of a... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1800 - 410 sivua
...tafte and judgment he had great confidence : te I thought very " well of you before," faid flie ; " but I did not imagine you " could have written any thing equal to this." — " Diftant " praife," continues Mr. Bofwell, " from whatever quar" ter, is not fo delightful as... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 sivua
...and taste he had great confidence, said to him, after a few numbers of tho Rambler had come out, " I thought very well of you before ; but I did not...imagine you could have written any thing equal to this." Distant praise, from whatever quarter, is not so delightful as that of a wife whom a man loves and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 sivua
...and taste he had great confidence, said to him, after a few numbers of the Rambler had come out, " I thought very well of you before ; but I did not imagine you could have written any thing equa| to this." Distant praise, from whatever quarter, is not so delightful as that of a wife whom... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 524 sivua
...and taste he had great confidence,, said to him, after a few numbers of the Rambler had come out, ' I thought very well of you before ; but I did not...imagine you could have written any thing equal to this.' Distant praise, from whatever quarter, is not so delightful as that of a wife whom a man loves and... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 520 sivua
...and taste he had great confidence, said to him, after a few numbers of the Rambler had come out, ' I thought very well of you before; but I did not imagine you could have written any thing equal to this.' Distant praise, from whatever quarter, is not so delightful as that of a wife whom a man loves and... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 530 sivua
...and taste he had great confidence, said to him, after a few numbers of the Rambler had come out, ' I thought very well of you before; but I did not imagine you could have written any thing equal to this.' Distant praise, from whatever quarter, is not so delightful as that of a wife whom a man loves and... | |
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Distant praise, from whatever quarter, is not so delightful as that of a wife whom a man loves and esteems. Her approbation may be said to "come home to his bosom ;" and being so near, its effect is most sensible and permanent. 
