 | James Henry Potts - 1889 - 806 lehte
...Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentleman. Do not tell everything, but never lie. A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than...say a rude thing to another than to knock him down. No man speaks concerning another, even supposing it to be in his praise, if he thinks he does not hear... | |
 | Judson Perry Welsh - 1889 - 292 lehte
...the teacher will find material for additional lessons in analysis, and for examination tests: — 1. A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than...say a rude thing to another than to knock him down. — DR. JOHNSON. 2. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to... | |
 | 1910 - 724 lehte
...There is- no one else who has the power to be so much your friend or so much your enemy as yourself. A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than...say a rude thing to another than to knock him down. Johnson. What is it to be a gentleman? It is to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave,... | |
 | Judson Perry Welsh - 1889 - 292 lehte
...the teacher will find material for additional lessons in analysis, and for examination tests : — 1. A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than to act one : no more right to say a rude tiling to another than to knock him down. — DK. JOHNSON. 2. Bead not to contradict and confute, nor... | |
 | Charles Northend - 1890 - 224 lehte
...loiter, if Fame we would win ; They knock, and entreat us to gather them in. —«/. L. Kygleston. 5 213. A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than...right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down.—Dr. 8. Johnson. 214. Press on ! surmount the rocky steeps, Climb boldly o'er the torrent's... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 lehte
...you have said enough.' " "The late Mr. Fitzherbert told Mr. Largton that Johnson said to him, ' Sir, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing, than to act or e ; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down.'" ' ' My dear friend Dr.... | |
 | 1891 - 556 lehte
...behaviour, full as innocent, might have preserved his friend, or made his fortune. Slcelc. HAS NO LICENSE. A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing, than...say a rude thing to another, than to knock him down. Johnson, RULERS. ADVICE то. He that would govern others, first should be The master of himself, richly... | |
 | 1892 - 216 lehte
...bad things by which mankind are cursed, Their own bad tempers surely are the worst. — Cumberland. A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than...say a rude thing to another than to knock him down. — Johnson. He who is good at making excuses is seldom good for anything else. — Franklin. All that... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 lehte
...nothing. — Tillotson. One doth not know how much an ill word may empoison liking. — Shakespeare. A. man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than...say a rude thing to another than to knock him down. Johnson. A knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear. — Shakespeare. It is safer to affront some people... | |
 | Mary Frances Hyde - 1895 - 246 lehte
...The other forms are, however, equally true infinitives in origin and in use. THE PARTICIPLE. 85 6. A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than to act one. — DR. JOHNSON. 7. He hears the parson pray and preach. — LONGFELLOW. 8. As he approached the stream,... | |
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Sir, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing, than to act one; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down. 
