 | Edward Mason Crossfield - 1831 - 322 страница
...idea that the day of payment was still afar off. CHAPTER IV. " If the man who turnips cries, Cries not when his father dies, 'Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father." Logic is the grand bugbear of Oxford. It is true that this art is not... | |
 | 1840 - 652 страница
...take the traitor's part. Harmonized by Greatorex. (Cramer and Co.) CATCH,/or 3 Voices.— Dr. COOKE. IF the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, T is a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father. Wordt by Dr. Joiinson. Warren's Collection,... | |
 | 1841 - 608 страница
...trick of words, as real, though not perhaps as obvious, as that in the stanza of Dr. Johnson: " If a man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, "Tis a proof that he haj rather Have a turnip, than his father." With such argumentation is the world crowded. Futile and... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 544 страница
...mere play of words," added he, " and you might as well say, that If the man who turnips cries, Cries not when his father dies, "Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father." And this humour is of the same sort with which he answered the friend... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 546 страница
...mere play of words," added he, " and you might as well say, that If the man who turnips cries, Cries not when his father dies, 'Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father." And this humour is of the same sort with which he answered the friend... | |
 | William Henry Jeremie - 1849 - 252 страница
...this criticism, I am strongly tempted to believe, he must have stolen the idea from Dr. Johnson. " If the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, Tis a proof he had rather Have a turnip than his father." On second thoughts, it is just possible he may never... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1852 - 324 страница
...respectable class of his Majesty's subjects — the venders of turnips. "If the man who turnips cries, Cries not when his father dies, 'Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father." When the perversion of logic is thus made a vehicle for private scandal,... | |
 | Lucius Manlius Sargent - 1856 - 356 страница
...his edition of Dr. Johnson's works, ascribes to that great man the following extraordinary lines : If the man, who turnips cries, Cry not, when his father dies, ,Tis a proof, that he had rather Have a turnip than his father. Under the doctor's sanction, for a bagatelle, I may offer a translation... | |
 | James Parton - 1856 - 700 страница
...pretender is, and who that king, God bless us all, is quite another thing." ON SOME LINES OF LOPEZ DE YEGA. IF the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father. DR. JOHNSON. ON A FULL-LENGTH PORTRAIT OP BEAU MARSH. Placed between... | |
 | Lucius Manlius Sargent - 1856 - 370 страница
...his edition of Dr. Johnson's works, ascribes to that great man the following extraordinary lines : If the man, who turnips cries, Cry not, when his father dies, Tis a proof, that ho had rather Have a turnip than his father. Under the doctor's sanction, for a bagatelle, I may offer... | |
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If the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father. 
