 | Martha Hale Shackford, Margaret Judson - 1917 - 662 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,...a very great many of your countrymen cannot help." The stroke stunned me• a good deal ; and when we had sat down, I felt myself not a little embarrassed,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1917 - 606 pàgines
...which I used in the sense of 1763l BOSWELL'S FIRST MEETING 95 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 I a very great many of your countrymen cannot help.' This stroke stunned me a good deal; and when we... | |
 | Roy Bennett Pace - 1917 - 536 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, "That, 30 Sir, I find, is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help." This stroke stunned me a... | |
 | Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) - 1918 - 578 pàgines
...I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it "; to which Johnson's reply is equally famous "That, Sir, I find, is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help".1 Scotsmen are now justly proud of their country and of its widespread influence, as exemplified... | |
 | Roy Bennett Pace - 1918 - 986 pàgines
...expression "come from Scotland," which I used in the sense of being of that country ; arid, as if I had said that I had come away from it, or left it, retorted, "That, 30 Sir, I find, is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help." This stroke stunned me a... | |
 | Edward Albert - 1923 - 648 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,...embarrassed, and apprehensive of what might come next. (2) I have presumed to mark the moment of conception: I shall now commemorate the hour of my final... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1923 - 252 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 he had sat down, I felt myself not a little... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1923 - 284 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 he had sat down, I felt myself not a little... | |
 | Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - 1924 - 942 pàgines
...expression, "come from Scotland," which I used in the sense of being of that country, and, as if I had s 4 2 is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help." This stroke stunned me a good deal, and... | |
 | George William McClelland - 1925 - 1178 pàgines
...expression "come from Scotland^ which I used in the sense oTrJelng of that country; and, as if I had ahderer ^through." TFe woods, How_often has"my spirjt_turned to thee! your~coiITiLiyiiien cannet helg/ 7 This stroke stunned me T'goocT deal; and when we had sat down, I... | |
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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«. 
