 Sir, I have brought a mouse to wait on your Majesty." To which the King is said to have replied, " You do well to put me in the way of making a man of him ;" and ordered him a pension of five hundred pounds.  Lives of English poets - עמוד 44מאת Samuel Johnson - 1801תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 דפים
...this expression ; " Sir, I have *' brought a Mouse to wait on your Majesty." To which the king is said to have replied. " You do well to put me in the way of making a Man cf him ;" and ordered him a pension cf five hundred pound?. This s-.ory, however current j seems to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 428 דפים
...Manchefter, and intended to have taken orders ; but afterwards altering his purpofe, he purchafed for I5oo/. the place of one of the clerks of the council. After...implies a greater acquaintance with our proverbial and fat miller miliar diction than king William could pofiibly have attained. In 1691, being member of... | |
 | samuel johnson, ll.d. - 1806 - 416 דפים
...Manchefter, and intended to have taken orders; but afterwards altering his purpofe, he purchafed for i$ool. the place of one of the clerks of the council. After...implies a greater acquaintance with our proverbial and fas .: miliar ... miliar diction than king William could poffibly have attained. In 1691, being member... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 546 דפים
...to wait on your majesty ;" in allusion to the burlesque he wrote in conjunction with Prior. The king replied : " You do well to put me in the way of making a man of him ;" and immediately ordered him a pension of j£;oo a year. " This story," as Dr. Johnson observes, " however... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 612 דפים
...this expression : " Sir, I have brought a mouse to wait on your majesty." To which the king is said to have replied, " You do well to put me in the way of making a man of him ;" and ordered him a pension of five hundred pounds. This story, however current, seems to have been made after the event.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 620 דפים
...this expression : " Sir, I have brought a mouse to wait on your majesty." To which the king is said to have replied, " You do well to put me in the way of making a man of him ;" and ordered him л pension of rive hundred pounds. This story, however current, seems to have been m;ide after the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 דפים
...ntome to wait on your majesty." To which the king is said to have replied, " You do well to pot ne in the way of making a man of him;" and ordered him a pension of five hundred pounds. This story, however current, seems to have been made after the event.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 378 דפים
...this expression : " Sir, I have brought a Mouse to wait on your majesty." To which the king is said to have replied, " you do well to put me in the way of making a Man of him ;" and ordered him a pension of five hundred pounds. This story, however current, seems to have been made after the event.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 570 דפים
...this expression : " Sir, I have brought a mouse to wait on your majesty." To which the king is said to have replied, " You do well to put me in the way of making a man of him j" and ordered him a pension of five hundred pounds. This story, however current, says Dr. Johnson,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 572 דפים
...this expression : " Sir, I have brought a mouse to wait on your majesty." To which the king is said to have replied, " You do well to put me in the way of making a man of him ;" and ordered him a pension of five hundred pounds. This story, however current, says Dr. Johnson, seems, to have been... | |
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