 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1810 - 438 pages
...advantageous to an authour, that his book should be attacked as well as praised. Fame is a shuttleeock. If it be struck only at one end of the room, it will...ground. To keep it up, it must be struck at both ends." — Often have I reflected on this since ; and instead, of being angry at many of those who have written... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1813 - 492 pages
...— Sir John having affected to complain of the attacks made upon liis Memoirs, Dr. Johnson said, " Nay, sir, do not complain. It is advantageous to an...ground. To keep it up, it must be struck at both ends." — Often have I reflected on this since ; and, instead of being angry at many of those who have written... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1813 - 484 pages
...— Sir John having affected to complain of the attacks made upon his Memoirs, Dr. Johnson said, " Nay, sir, do not complain. It is advantageous to an...ground. To keep it up, it must be struck at both ends." — Often have I reflected on this since ; and, instead of being angry at many of those who have written... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1831 - 586 pages
...breeze." Sir John having affected to complain of the attacks made upon his " Memoirs," Dr. Johnson said, " Nay, sir, do not complain. It is advantageous to an...ground. To keep it up, it must be struck at both ends." Often have I reflected on this since ; and, instead of being angry at many of those who have written... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 690 pages
...John having affected to complain of the attacks made upon his "Memoirs," Dr. Johnson said, "Nay,<rsir, do not complain. It is advantageous to an authour,...ground. To keep it up, it must be struck at both ends." Often have I reflected on this since ; and, instead of being angry at many of those who have written... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1835 - 374 pages
...upon his " Memoirs," Dr. Johnson said, "Nay, Sir, do not complain. It is advantageous to an author, that his book should be attacked as well as praised....ground. To keep it up, it must be struck at both ends." Often have I reflected on this since ; and, instead of being angry at many of those who have written... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 366 pages
...upon his " Memoirs," Dr. Johnson said, "Nay, Sir, do not complain. It is advantageous to an author, that his book should be attacked as well as praised....ground. To keep it up, it must be struck at both ends." Often have I reflected on this since; and, instead of being angry at many of those who have written... | |
 | James Boswell - Biography - 1846 - 602 pages
...breeze." Sir John having affected to complain of the attacks made upon his " Memoirs," Dr. Johnson said, " Nay, sir, do not complain. It is advantageous to an...ground. To keep it up, it must be struck at both ends." Often have I reflected on this since ; and, instead of being angry at many of those who have written... | |
 | 1852 - 788 pages
...mind, sir, a man whose business it is to be talked of is much helped by being attacked. Fame, sir, is a shuttlecock : if it be struck only at one end...; to keep it up, it must be struck at both ends." Goldsmith's absurd fondness for extravagant dress was still indulged in, and subjected him to the caustic... | |
 | American periodicals - 1848 - 572 pages
...burning. It is advantageous to an author that his book should be attacked, as well as praised. Fame sa shuttlecock; if it be struck only at one end of the...ground. To keep it up, it must be struck at both ends. Wasting a fortune is evaporation by a thousand imperceptible means. If it were a stream, ;hey'd stop... | |
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Sir John having affected to complain of the attacks made upon his Memoirs, Dr. Johnson said, "Nay, sir, do not complain. It is advantageous to an author that his book should be attacked as well as praised. Fame is a shuttlecock. If it be struck only at... 
