 | James Boswell - 1791 - عدد الصفحات: 556
...opinion of him now, than I once had; for he has fhewn more fertility than I expected. To be fure, he is a tree that cannot produce good fruit: he only...could not agree with him. It is very true that the greateft part of it is upon the topicks of the day, on which account, as it brought him great fame... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - عدد الصفحات: 496
...opinion of him now, than I once had ; for he has shewn more fertility than I expected. To be sure, he is a tree that cannot produce good fruit : he only...very true that the greatest part of it is upon the topicks of the day, on which account, as it brought him great fame and profit at the time, it must... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - عدد الصفحات: 648
...opinion of him now, than I once had ; for he has shewn more fertility than I expected'. To be sure, he is a tree that cannot produce good fruit : he only...is better than a tree which produces only a few.' ' Churchill, in his first poem, The Rosciad (Poems, i. 4), mentions Johnson without any disrespect... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - عدد الصفحات: 640
...opinion of him now, than I once had ; for he has shewn more fertility than I expected'. To be sure, he is a tree that cannot produce good fruit : he only...is better than a tree which produces only a few.' 1 Churchill, in his first poem, The Rosciad (Poems, i. 4), mentions Johnson without any disrespect... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - عدد الصفحات: 514
...opinion of him now, than i once had ; for he has shewn more fertility than I expected. To be sure, he is a tree that cannot produce good fruit : he only...very true that the greatest part of it is upon the topicks of the day, on which account, as it brought him great fame and profit at the time, it must... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - عدد الصفحات: 466
...opinion of him now, than I once had ; for he has shewn mure fertility than I expected. To be sure, he is a tree that cannot produce good fruit : he only...is better than a tree which produces only a few." Bonnell Thornton had just published a burlesque "Ode on St. Cecilia's day," adapted to the ancient... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - عدد الصفحات: 376
...opinion of him now, than I once had; for he has shewn more fertility than I expected. To be sure, he is a tree that cannot produce good fruit : he only...agree with him. It is very true that the greatest Dr. Campbell was a sincerely religious man. Lord Macartney, who is eminent for his variety of knowledge,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - عدد الصفحات: 376
...opinion of him now, than I once had ; for he has shewn more fertility than I expected. To be sure, he is a tree that cannot produce good fruit : he only...agree with him. It is very true that the greatest Dr. CampbeH was a sincerely religious man. Lord Macartney, who is eminent for his variety of knowledge,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - عدد الصفحات: 514
...opinion of him now, than I once had ; for he has shewn more fertility than I expected. To be sure, he is a tree that cannot produce good fruit : he only...very true that the greatest part of it is upon the topicks of the day, on which account, as it brought him great fame and profit at the time, it must... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - عدد الصفحات: 508
...opinion of him now, than I once had ; for he has shewn more fertility than I expected. To be sure, he is a tree that cannot produce good fruit : he only...very true that the greatest part of it is upon the topicks of the day, on which account, as it brought him great fame and profit at the time, it must... | |
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To be sure, he is a tree that cannot produce good fruit; he only bears crabs. But, sir, a tree that produces a great many crabs is better than a tree which produces only a few. 
