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" had something in it more charming than I have found in any other man. But this was only when familiar: before strangers, or perhaps a single stranger, he preserved his dignity by a stiff silence. "
The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs - Page 155
by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1836
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Dryden. Smith. Duke. King. Sprat. Halifax. Parnell. Garth. Rowe. Addison ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 476 pages
...hear what is told us by a rival. Addifon's ff Addifon's converfation*," fays Pope, " had ft fomething in it more charming than I have " found in any other man. But this was " only when familiar : before flrangers, or •*' perhaps a fingle ftranger, he preferved...
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prefaces, biographical and critical, to the works of the english poets.

samuel johnson - 1781 - 258 pages
...friend; kt us hear what is told us by a rival. " Addifon's converfation *, fays Pope, " had fomething in it more " charming than I have found in any " other man. But this was only when " familiar : before ftrangcrs, or perhaps " a fingle ftranger, he prefervcd...
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Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 254 pages
...let us hear what is told us .by by a rival. " Addifon's converfation *, fays Pope, " had fomething in it more " charming than I have found in any " other man. But this was only when "• familiar : before ftrangers, or perhaps " a fingle ftranger, he preferved...
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The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 254 pages
...; let us hear what is told us by by a rival. " Addifon's converfation *, fays Pope, " had fomething in it more " charming than I have found in any " other man. But this was only when " familiar: before ftrangcrs, or perhaps " a fmgle flranger, he preferved his...
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The New annual register, or General repository of history, politics, and ...

1793 - 738 pages
...friend; let us hear what is tcld us by a rival. * Addifon's convcrfation,' fays Pope, ' had fomething in it more charming than I have found in any other man. But this was only when familiar : before ftrangers, or perhaps a (ingle ftranger, he preferved his...
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Johnson's Lives of the the English Poets: Abridged: with Notes and Illustrations

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1797 - 278 pages
...a friend ; let us hear what is told us by a rival. Addifon,s converfation, fays Pope>, had fomethmg in it more charming than I have found in any other man. But this was only when familiar ; before ftrangers, or perhaps a fmgle ftranger, he preferved his dignity...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 424 pages
...what is told us by a rival: " Addifon's converfation*," favs ? Spence. " Pope, Pope, " had fomething in it more charming than I ** have found in any other man. But this was only *' when familiar : before ftrangers, or, perhaps, a " fingle ftranger, he preferved...
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Lives of English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 536 pages
...is told ^js by a rival : " Addifon's converfation *," fays * Spence. " Pope, Pope, " had fomething in it more charming than I " have found in any other man. But this was only " when familiar : before ftrangers, or, perhaps, a " fingle ftranger, he preferved...
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The Spectator: In Eight Volumes. : Vol. I[-VIII].

English literature - 1803 - 420 pages
...friend ; let us hear what is told us by a rival. " Addison's conversation," says Pope, " had some" thing in it more charming than I have found in any " other man. But this was only when familiar : Be" fore strangers, or perhaps a single stranger, he pre" served...
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Select British Classics, Volume 11

English literature - 1803 - 434 pages
...; let us hear what is told us by a rival. " Addison's conversation," says Pope, " had some'" thing in it more charming than I have found in any " other man. But this was only when familiar : Be" fore strangers, or perhaps a single stranger, hepre" served his...
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