 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - Страниц: 674
...cannot spare the hundred. It is not worth a man's while. A man should not lay a hundred to one unless he can easily spare it, though he has a hundred chances...he does not get the better, he is miserably vexed." That Goldsmith should occasionally lose temper in discussions with Johnson is not surprising, considering... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - Страниц: 380
...spare the hundred. It is not worth a man's while. A man should not lay a hundred to one, unless he can easily spare it, though he has a hundred chances...he does not get the better, he is miserably vexed." Goldsmith, however, was often very fortunate in his witty contests, even when he entered the lists... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1853 - Страниц: 404
...not lay a hundred to one unless he can easily spare it, though he has a hundred chances for him ;_ he can get but a guinea, and he may lose a hundred....he does not get the better, he is miserably vexed." Johnson was not aware how much he was himself to blame in producing this vexation. "Goldsmith," said... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - Страниц: 614
...can easily краге it, though he has a hundred chances for him ; he eau get hut a guinea, and ho may lose a hundred. Goldsmith is in this state. When...he does not get the better, he is miserably vexed." Johnson was not aware how much he was himself to blame in producing this vexation. " Goldsmith," said... | |
 | John Forster - 1854 - Страниц: 572
...hundred to one, who cannot " spare the hundred. It is not worth a man's while . . . When " Goldsmith contends, if he gets the better it is a very little...does " not get the better, he is miserably vexed." t It should be added that there were other causes than these for Goldsmith's frequent vexation. Miss... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1858 - Страниц: 336
...cannot spare the hundred. It is not worth a man's while. A man should not lay a hundred to one unless he can easily spare it, though he has a hundred chances...guinea, and he may lose a hundred. Goldsmith is in thia state. When he- contends, if he gets the better, it is a very little addition to a man of his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - Страниц: 960
...can easily spare it, though he has a hundred chances for him : he can get but a guinea, and may loss a hundred. Goldsmith is in this state. When he contends,...he does not get the better, he is miserably vexed." Goldsmith, however, was often very fortunate in his witty contests, even when he entered the lists... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - Страниц: 950
...easily spare it, though he has a hundred chances for him : he can get but a guinea, and may loss :i hundred. Goldsmith is in this state. When he contends,...literary reputation : if he does not get the better, be is miserably vexed." Johnson's own superlative powers of wit set him above any risk of such uneasiness.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1862 - Страниц: 328
...spare the hundred. It is not worth a man's while. A man should not lay a hundred to one, unless he can easily spare it, though he has a hundred chances...addition to a man of his literary reputation: if he does.not get the better, he is miserably vexed.' Goldsmith, however, was often very fortunate in his... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1864 - Страниц: 464
...cannot spare the hundred. It is not worth a man's while. A man should not lay a hundred to one unless he can easily spare it, though he has a hundred chances...he does not get the better, he is miserably vexed." Johnson was not aware how much he was himself to blame in producing this vexation. "Goldsmith," said... | |
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Now Goldsmith's putting himself against another, is like a man laying a hundred to one who cannot spare the hundred. It is not worth a man's while. A man should not lay a hundred to one unless he can easily spare it, though he has a hundred chances for... 
