...cannot think Mr. Garrick would grudge such a trifle to you." "Sir," (said he, with a stern look) a I have known David Garrick longer than you have done;...acquaintance and pupil. I now felt myself much mortified, and began to think that the hope which I had long indulged of obtaining his acquaintance was blasted....

...into conversation with him, ventured to say: "O, sir, I cannot think Mr. Garrick would grudge such a trifle to you." "Sir," said he with a stern look,...know no right you have to talk to me on the subject." This was certainly a rough extinguisher for young Boswell, who began to think that the hope which he...

..." I cannot think Mr. Garrick would grudge such a trifle to you." " Sir," replied Johnson sternly, " I have known David Garrick longer than you have done,...know no right you have to talk to me on the subject." The second blow might have crushed a less intrepid curiosity. Boswell, though silenced, gradually recovered...

...rejoined the other, with a look and tone that shut up his luckless admirer for the rest of the evening, " I have known David Garrick longer than you have done...know no right you have to talk to me on the subject." A characteristic commencement of a friendship very interesting to all men. The selfcomplacent young...

...say, " O, Sir, I cannot think Mr. Garrick would grudge such a trifle to you." — " Sir," said he, " I have known David Garrick longer than you have done ; and I know no right you have to talk with me on the subject." Perhaps I deserved this check ; for it was rather presumptuous in me, an entire...

...into conversation with him, I ventured to say, "O sir, I cannot think Mr. Garrick would grudge such a trifle to you." — " Sir," said he, with a stern...acquaintance and pupil. I now felt myself much mortified, and began to think that the hope which I had long indulged of obtaining his acquaintance was blasted....

...into conversation with him, I ventured to say, ' 0, Sir, I cannot think Mr. Garrick would grudge such ask even their infidel pensioner Hume to defend.' and began to think that the hope which I had long indulged of obtaining his acquaintance was blasted....

...which he has experienced ? When Boswell writes that Johnson said to him, with a stern look, ' Sir, I have known David Garrick longer than you have done,...know no right you have to talk to me on the subject,' or, when an author tells us that his hero said to him, ' Sir, endeavor to clear your mind of cant,'...

...Oh, sir, I cannot think Mr. Garrick would grudge such a trifle to you.' ' Sir,' replied the other, with a stern look, ' I have known David Garrick longer...you have done, and I know no right you have to talk with me on the subject.' But in a day or two Boswell was on friendly terms with Johnson. ' Poh, poh...

...said, "O, sir, I cannot think Mr. Garrick would grudge such a trifle to you. " "Sir," said Johnson with a stern look, "I have known David Garrick longer than you have done, and I know of no right you have to talk to me on the subject." This rebuke Boswell admits he deserved, and adds...