 | James Boswell - 1874 - 602 pages
...was, at an after period of his 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... | |
 | Alexander Main - Literary Criticism - 1874 - 480 pages
...dark Hereafter alone. He once said to Sir Joshua Reynolds : " 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." JOHNSON [speaking of a favourite subject... | |
 | ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 pages
...dark Hereafter alone. He once said to Sir Joshua Reynolds : " 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." JOHNSON [speaking of a favourite subject... | |
 | Dover, Folkestone, and Deal guide - 1875 - 188 pages
...ADVERSITY ! thou thistle of life, thou too art crownedfirst with a flower, then with down. — Foster. Ira man does not make new acquaintance as he advances...through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man should keep his fricndship in constant repair.— Dr. Johnson. &oil tljc ICot of Jtau Weave,... | |
 | Phrenology - 1876 - 1000 pages
...and the rest to my ears." CENSURE is the. tax a man pays to the public for being eminent — Su{fl. IF a man does not make new acquaintance!: as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left all alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair. — Johnson. THE wealth of a man is... | |
 | William Johnson Cocker - English language - 1878 - 140 pages
...from each other by semicolons. See Rule I. p. 23. EXAMPLES. " 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." — Dr. Johnson. "When Dr. Franklin wished... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1880 - 488 pages
...opinion of Johnson himself He said to Sir Joshua Reynolds, " 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." The celebrated Mr. Wilkes, whose notions... | |
 | Henry Benjamin Wheatley - 1880 - 356 pages
...CHAPTER VII. PEPYb's RELATIONS, FRIENDS, AND ACQUAINTANCES. "If a man docs not make new acquaintances as he advances through life he will soon find himself left alone : a man should keep his friendship in constant repair." — DR. JOHNSON. AMILY feeling was strong in... | |
 | Celebrities - 1881 - 426 pages
...well ; if she does not, you can say you were only in fun. MM IF a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man should keep his friendship in constant repair. SIR BULWER LYTTON says : " Clever men, as a general... | |
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - Anecdotes - 1882 - 638 pages
...heart's content : he hated a fool, and he hated a rogue, and he hated a Whig ; he was a very good hater." 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. To Sir Joshua Reynolds. And again, " The... | |
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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. 
