 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...life, the opinion of Johnson himself. He said to Sir Joshua Reynolds, ' If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair' The celebrated Mr. Wilkes, whose notions and habits... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...life, the opinion of Johnson himself. He said to Sir Joshua Reynolds, ' If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair.' The celebrated Mr. Wilkes, whose notions and habits... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...Life, the opinion of Johnson himself. He said to Sir Joshua Reynolds, *' If a man does not make new acquaintance as he' advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair." The. celebrated Mr. Wilkes, whose notions and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 pages
...any thing." At a late period of his life he said to Sir Joshua Reynolds, " If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair.'' During a visit at Oxford, the following conversation... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 pages
...life, the opinion of Johnson himself. He said to Sir Joshua Reynolds, " If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair" This light sally, we may suppose, made no great... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...life, the opinion of Johnson himself. He said to Sir Joshua Reynolds, " If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair." The celebrated Mr. Wilkes, whose notions and habits... | |
 | John Selden - 1818 - 678 pages
...any thing." At a late period of his life he said to Sir Joshua Reynolds, " If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should -keep his friendship in constant repair.''' During a visit at Oxford, the following conversation... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 372 pages
...put me in mind of Sappho, in Ovid." • He said to Sir Joshua Reynolds, " If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will...man should keep his friendship in constant repair." Amid the cold obscurity of Johnson's early life, there was one brilliant circumstance to cheer him... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 394 pages
...life, the opinion of Johnson himself. He said to Sir Joshua Reynolds, " If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair." The celebrated Mr. Wilkes, whose notions and habits... | |
 | 1821 - 372 pages
...Sir Joshua Reynolds, " If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he wilt soon find himself left alone. A man should keep his friendship in constant repair." Amid the cold obscurity of Johnson's early life, there was one brilliant circumstance to cheer him... | |
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If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair. 
