 | Leigh Hunt - 1848 - 348 pàgines
...expression ' come from Scotland ! ' which I used in the sense of being of that country ; and, as if I had come away from it, or left it, retorted, ' That, Sir, I find, is what a great many of your countrymen cannot help.' This stroke stunned me a good deal ; and when we had set... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1848 - 334 pàgines
...expression ' come from Scotland ! ' which I used in the sense of being of that country ; and, as if I had come away from it, or left it, retorted, ' That, Sir, I find, is what a great many of your countrymen cannot help.' This stroke stunned me a good deal ; and when we had set... | |
 | John Thomas Smith - 1849 - 472 pàgines
...country ; and as if I had come away from it, or left it, he retorted, ' That, Sir, 1 find is what a great many of your countrymen cannot help.' This stroke...embarrassed, and apprehensive of what might come next." Boswell then goes very minutely through their conversation ; and having presumed to differ with this... | |
 | 1861 - 378 pàgines
...expression " come from Scotland," which I used in the sense of being of that country, and as if I had said that I had come away from it or left it, retorted,...help." This stroke stunned me a good deal, and when we sat down I felt myself not a little embarrassed and apprehensive of what might come next. Having thus... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 588 pàgines
...what a great many of your countrymen cannot help." " This stroke," continues Boswell, " stunned me W* a good deal ; and when we had sat down, I felt myself...embarrassed, and apprehensive of what might come next." As the conversation proceeded between Johnson and Davies, Boswell ventured to suggest a different view... | |
 | Biographical magazine - 1853 - 586 pàgines
...it," and only gets his desert for this piece of servility, when Johnson with a stern look retorts, " That, sir, I find is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help." This was a hard blow, and the young Scot with all his pertness was considerably abashed. At length, venturing... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 650 pàgines
...expression " came from Scotland," which I used in the sense of being of that country : and, is if 1 had said that I had come away from it, or left it ; retorted,...your countrymen cannot help." This stroke stunned m; a good deal ; and when we had sat down, I felt myself not a little embarrassed, and apprehensive... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 358 pàgines
...expression " came from Scotland," which I used in the sense of being of that country : and, aa if I had said that I had come away from it, or left it ; retorted, " That, Sir, I find, ia what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help." This stroke stunned me a good deal ; and... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - 1860 - 540 pàgines
...expression ' come from Scotland,' which I used in the sense of being of that country; and, as if I had said that I had come away from it or left it, retorted,...find is what a very great many of your countrymen can not help.' This stroke stunned me a good deal; and when we sat down I felt myself not a little... | |
 | John Thomas Smith - 1861 - 470 pàgines
...country ; and as if I had come away from it, or left it, he retorted, ' That, Sir, I find is what a great many of your countrymen cannot help.' This stroke...embarrassed, and apprehensive of what might come next." Boswell then goes very minutely through their conversation ; and having presumed to differ with this... | |
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Scotland«, which I used in the sense of being of that country: and, as if I had said that I had come away from it, or left it; retorted, »That, Sir, I find, is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help«. 
