 Servile and impertinent, shallow and pedantic, a bigot and a sot, bloated with family pride, and eternally blustering about the dignity of a born gentleman, yet stooping to be a talebearer, an eavesdropper, a common butt in the taverns of London...  Dr. Johnson, His Friends and His Critics - Page 169by George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1878 - 345 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1831 - 652 pages
...he proclaimed to all the world, that at Edinburgh he was known by the appellation of Paoli Boswell. Servile and impertinent, — shallow and pedantic,...butt in the taverns of London, — so curious to know every body who was talked about, that, Tory and High Churchman as he was, he manaMivred, we have been... | |
 | 1832 - 424 pages
...he proclaimed to all the world, that at Edinburgh he was known by the appellation of Fault Boswell. Servile and impertinent, — shallow and pedantic,...butt in the taverns of London, — so curious to know every body who was talked about, that, Tory and High Churchman as he was, he manoeuvred, we have been... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 516 pages
...he proclaimed to all the world, that at Edinburgh he was known by the appellation of Paoli Boswell. Servile and impertinent,— shallow and pedantic,...taverns of London,— so curious to know everybody who wa's talked about, that, Tory and High Churchman as he was, he manoeuvred, we have been told, for an... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 410 pages
...he was known by the appellation ofPaoli Boswell. Servile and impertinent—shallow and pedantic—a bigot and a sot— bloated with family pride, and...about, that, Tory and High Churchman as he was, he manffiuvred, we have been told, for an introduction to Tom Paine—so vain of the most childish distinctions,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pages
...he proclaimed to all the world, that at Edinburgh' he was known by the appellation of Paoli BoivxS. " ! ! "F ! ! ! " \! " " " " " " know1 everybody who was talked about, that, Tory and ' High Churchman as he was, he manoeuvred, we... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...he proclaimed to all the world, that at Edinburgh he was known by the appellation of Paoli Boswell. Servile and impertinent — shallow and pedantic —...talebearer, an eavesdropper, a common butt in the taveriis of London — so curious to know everybody who was talked about, that, Tory and High Churchman... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 396 pages
...proclaimed to all the world, that 15 at Edinburgh, he was known by the appellation of Paoli Boswell. Servile and impertinent, shallow and pedantic, a bigot...to be a talebearer, an eaves-dropper, a common butt ia the taverns of London; so curious to know everybody 16 who was talked about, that, tory and high... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 764 pages
...he proclaimed to all the world, that at Edinburgh he was known by the appellation of Paalt Lostcell. Servile and impertinent — shallow and pedantic —...stooping to be a talebearer, an eavesdropper, a common L'utl in the taverns of London — so curious to know everybody who was talked about, that, Tory and... | |
 | 1852 - 780 pages
...he proclaimed to all the world, that at Edinburgh he was known by the appellation of Paoli Botwell. W7 H ǭ:m 0 B T L ЦcI " ps ML<ԙ jaC "x b« a talebearer, an eavesdropper, a common butt in the taverns of London — so curious to know everybody... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1854 - 430 pages
...appellation of Paoli Boswell. Servile and impertinent— shallow and pedantic—a bigot and a sot—bloated with family pride, and eternally blustering about...talebearer, an eavesdropper, a common butt in the taverns of London—so curious to know everybody who was talked about, that, Tory and High Churchman as he was,... | |
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