| Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 476 pages
...Sir I have brought a Moufe to 'wait onyour Majefty. To which the king is faid to have replied, Tou do 'well to put me in the- way of making a Man of him', and ordered him a penfion of five hundred pounds. This ftory, however current, feems to have been made... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 444 pages
...I have brought " a Moufe to wait en your Majefty." To which the king is faid to have replied, " You do well to put " me in the way of making a Man of him;" and ordered him a penfion of five hundred pounds. This ftory, however current, feems to have been made... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1795 - 610 pages
...Sir, I have brought a Moufe to 'wait on your Majejly. To which the king is faid to have replied, You do 'well to put me in the 'way of making a Man of him; and ordered him a penfion of five hundred pounds. This ftory, however current, feems to have been made... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...I have " brought a Mouse to wait on your Majesty." To which the king is said to have replied. " You do well to put me in the way of making a Man ef him ;" and ordered him a pension of five hundred pounds. This story, however current, seems to have... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 536 pages
...I have brought " a Moufe to wait on your Majefty." To which the king is faid to have replied, " You do well to put " me in the way of making a Man of him ;" and ordered him a penfion of five hundred pounds. This ftory, however current, feems to have beea made... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...have *' brought a Mouse to wait on your Majesty." To which the king is said to have replied. " You do well to put me in the way of making a Man cf him ;" and ordered him a pension cf five hundred pound?. This s-.ory, however current j seems to... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1806 - 478 pages
...majesty ;" in allusion to the burlesque he wrote in conjunction with Prior. The king replied : " You do well to put me in the way of making a man of him ;" and immediately ordered him a pension of .£500 a year. " This story," as Dr. Johnson observes, " however... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 428 pages
...I have brought " a Moufe to wait on your Majefty." To which the king is faid to have replied, " You do well to put " me in the way of making a Man of him ;" and ordered him a penfion of five hundred pounds. This ftory, however current, feems to have been made... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 612 pages
...Sir, I have brought a mouse to wait on your majesty." To which the king is said to have replied, " You do well to put me in the way of making a man of him ;" and ordered him a pension of five hundred pounds. This story, however current, seems to have been made... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 422 pages
...I have brought " a Mouse to wait on your Majesty." To which the king is said to have replied, " You do well to put " me in the way of making a Man of him ;" and ordered him a pension of five hundred pounds. This story, however current, seems to have been made... | |
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