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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«. "
The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of a tour to the Hebrides ... - Pągina 398
per James Boswell - 1831
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Anschauungen über Stadt und Land in der englischen Literatur des achtzehnten ...

Lore Holzhausen Liebenam (Frau) - 1928 - 152 pągines
...beschämt:1) „I do indeed come from Sco'tland, but I cannot help i t", worauf ihm Johnson erwiderte: „That, Sir,. I find, is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help." Der Aufenthalt in Edinburgh, als dem Mittelpunkt schottischer Kultur, war für Boswell stets unangenehm....
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Politeness: Some Universals in Language Usage

Penelope Brown, Stephen C. Levinson - 1987 - 364 pągines
...understatement of insults: (33) Boswell: I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it ... Johnson: That, Sir, I find, is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help. and the understatement of accepting an offer: (34) A: Have another drink. B: I don't mind if I do....
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The Journals of James Boswell, 1762-1795

James Boswell - 1994 - 450 pągines
...'Mr Johnson,' said I, 'indeed I come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.' 'Sir,' replied he, 'that, I find, is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help.' Mr Johnson is a man of a most dreadful appearance. He is a very big man, is troubled with sore eyes,...
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Studies in Early Modern English

Dieter Kastovsky - 1994 - 522 pągines
...seeing a worse England. c) Boswell: I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it. Johnson: That, Sir, I find, is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help. (The Oxford Book of Quotations [3rd edition 1979, revised 1985] References a. Dictionaries and word...
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Samuel Johnson and the Culture of Property

Kevin Hart - 1999
...Johnson, I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it', only to receive the crushing retort, 'That, Sir, I find, is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help' (Life, i, 392). Now, in Edinburgh, it seems as though Boswell is handed a golden opportunity to replay...
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The Passion for Happiness: Samuel Johnson and David Hume

Adam Potkay - 2000 - 276 pągines
...Scotland, but I cannot help it.' . . . [Johnson replies, punning on the expression "come from Scotland,"] 'That, Sir, I find, is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help.'" Life of Johnson l :3gz. 28 briefly. With the exception of their four-month walking tour of the Scottish...
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A Life of James Boswell

Peter Martin - 2002 - 644 pągines
...this Very big man' with 'uncouth' voice one of the most famous ripostes ever recorded: 'Sir, that, I find, is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help.' Boswell committed another gaffe by presuming to tell Johnson about Garrick, for which Johnson struck...
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Samuel Johnson

Timothy Wilson-Smith - 2004 - 174 pągines
...his accent, was a Scot. 'Mr Johnson,' said I, T do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.' That, Sir, I find is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help.''1 This first exchange between the future biographer and his subject set the tone for many of...
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supplement to a manual of french composition

152 pągines
...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. JAMES BOSWELL, Life of Dr Johnson. 139.** AN IMAGINARY CONVERSATION. HOME. I hope, sir, our mountains...
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