 | James Boswell - 1791 - 554 pages
...pecu.. liar pleafure on this, line : " I'd fmile with the fimple, and feed with the poor." JoHNSON. " Nay, my dear Lady, this will never do. Poor David ! Smile with the fimple ! What folly is that ! And who would feed with the poor that can help it ? No, no ; let me fmile... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Anecdotes - 1798 - 464 pages
...the poor." JcHNbON. " Nay, my dear lady, this will never do. Poor David 1 Smile with the fimple ? — What folly is that. And who would feed with the poor that can help it ? No, no ; let me fmile with the wife, and feed with the rich." — Mr. Bofwell fays, " I repeated this fally to Garrick,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 238 pages
...peculiar pleasure on this line: " I'd smile with the simple, and feed with the poor." , —JOHNSON. " Nay, my dear lady, this will never do. Poor David!...me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich."— Mr. Boswell says, " I repeated this sally to Garrick, and wondered to find his sensibility as a writer... | |
 | John Selden - Religion and state - 1818 - 682 pages
...pleasure on this line: • .. " I'd smile with the simple, and feed with the poor." — JOHNSON. " Nay, my dear lady, this will never do. Poor David!...let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich." — Mr. Boswell says, " I repeated this sally to Garriek, and wondered to find his sensibility as a... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 372 pages
...with peculiar pleasure on this line : I'd smile with the simple, and feed with the poor. JOHNSON. " Nay, my dear lady, this will never do. Poor David...let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich." Boswell repeated this sally to . Garrick, and wondered to find his sensibility as a writer not a little... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 372 pages
...with peculiar pleasure on this line : I'd smile with the simple, and feed with the poor. JOHNSON. " Nay, my dear lady, this will never do. Poor David...let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich." Boswell repeated this sally to Garrick, and wondered to find his sensibility as a writer not a little... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 480 pages
...with peculiar pleasure on this line: " I'd smile with the simple, and feed with the poor." JOHNSON. " Nay, my dear Lady, this will never do. Poor David! Smile with the simple;—What folly is that ? And who would feed with the poor that can help it ? No, no; let me smile... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, James Boswell - Table-talk - 1825 - 370 pages
...peculiar pleasure on this line : " I'd smile with the simple, and feed with the poor." — Johnson. " Nay, my dear lady, this will never do. Poor David!...let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich." Mr. Boswellsays, " I repeated this sally to Garrick, and wondered to find his sensibility as a writer... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 576 pages
...the |чмг." JOHNSON : " Nay, my dear Lady, this will never do. Poor David I Smile with the •imple ¡—What folly is that? And who would feed with the poor that con help it ? No, no ; let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich." I repeated this sally to... | |
 | 1845 - 440 pages
...I'd smile with the simple, and feed with the poor. ' Poor David ! ' said the literary dictator ; ' smile with the simple ! what folly is that ! and who...me smile with the- wise, and feed with the rich.' This rough handling, when reported to Garrick, instead of being treated as a jest, gave him sensible... | |
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Nay, my dear lady, this will never do. Poor David! Smile with the simple. What folly is that ? And who would feed with the poor that can help it ? No, no; let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich. 
