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" Only undeceive your court. Tell them what you have seen here. They will be curious to ask you. A. man come from Corsica will be like a man come from the antipodes. "
The Journal of a Tour to Corsica: & Memoirs of Pascal Paoli - Page 55
by James Boswell - 1923 - 110 pages
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An Account of Corsica: The Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of ...

James Boswell - 1768 - 426 pages
...replied, ' Solamente difingannate il fuo corte. Only undeceive your court. Tell them what you have fcen here. They will be curious to ask you. A man come from Corfica will be like a man come from the Antipodes.' I expreficd fuch hopes as a man of fcnfibility...
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The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of his tour to ..., Volume 10

James Boswell - 1835 - 402 pages
...— " Rebels I I did not expect that from Great Britain." He however shewed his great respect for the British nation, and I could see he wished much to...Corsica will be like a man come from the antipodes." Baswell's Melancholy. This kind of conversation led me to tell Paoli how much I had suffered from anxious...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His ..., Volume 10

James Boswell - 1835 - 460 pages
...be in friendship with us. AVhen I asked him what I could possibly do in return for all his gqodness to me, he replied, " Solamente disingannate il suo...Corsica will be like a man come from the antipodes." Boswell's Melancholy. This kind of conversation led me to tell Paoli how much I had suffered from anxious...
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Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell [ed. by J.W. Croker].

John Wilson Croker - 1836 - 656 pages
..."Rebels ! I did not expect that from Great Britain." He, however, showed his great respect for the British nation, and I could see he wished much to...Corsica will be like a man come from the antipodes." Boswell's Melancholy. This kind of conversation led me to tell Paoli how much I had suffered from anxious...
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Johnsoniana: Or, Supplement to Boswell: Being Anecdotes and Sayings of Dr ...

John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 546 pages
..." Rebels! I did not expect that from Great Britain." He, however, showed his great respect for the British nation, and I could see he wished much to...Corsica will be like a man come from the antipodes." BoswelPs Melancholy. This kind of conversation led me to tell Paoli how much I had suffered from anxious...
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Johnsoniana: Or, Supplement to Boswell: Being Anecdotes and Sayings of Dr ...

John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 544 pages
..." Rebels'. I did not expect that from Great Britain." He, however, showed his great respect for the British nation, and I could see he wished much to...Corsica will be like a man come from the antipodes." BoswelVs Melancholy. This kind of conversation led me to tell Paoli how much I had suffered from anxious...
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Dr. Johnson, His Friends and His Critics

George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1878 - 376 pages
...feat as a trip to Mount Ararat in these days. ' Your countrymen,' said Paoli, ' will be curious to see you. A man come from Corsica will be like a man come from the Antipodes.' The Mediterranean still swarmed with Turkish corsairs, and Corsica itself swarmed with brigands. '...
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Dr. Johnson, His Friends and His Critics

George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1878 - 374 pages
...feat as a trip to Mount Ararat in these days. ' Your countrymen,' said Paoli, ' will be curious to see you. A man come from Corsica will be like a man come from the Antipodes.' The Mediterranean still swarmed with Turkish corsairs, and Corsica itself swarmed with brigands. '...
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Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine: And His Journal ...

James Boswell, Andrew Erskine - 1879 - 288 pages
...where perhaps no native of this country ever was before." With scarcely less reason did Paoli say, " A man come from Corsica will be like a man come from the Antipodes." How strongly his journey and his narrative touched the hearts of people at home may still be read in...
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Boswell's correspondence with ... Andrew Erskine, and his Journal of a tour ...

James Boswell - 1879 - 302 pages
...where perhaps no native of this country ever was before." With scarcely less reason did Paoli say, " A man come from Corsica will be like a man come from the Antipodes." How strongly his journey and his narrative touched the hearts of people at home may still be read in...
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