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" Sir, you have no reason to be afraid of me. The Irish are not in a conspiracy to cheat the world by false representations of the merits of their countrymen. No, sir; the Irish are a FAIR PEOPLE ; — they never speak well of one another. "
The Enchiridion of Wit: The Best Specimens of English Conversational Wit - Page 68
edited by - 1884 - 279 pages
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Essays and Lectures: Historical and Literary

James Whiteside - 1868 - 498 pages
...people of that country more unfavourably than he had done the Scotch ! — " Sir," shouted the Doctor, " you have no reason to be afraid of me. The Irish are...representations of the merits of their countrymen. The Irish are a fair people — they never speak well of one another." He liked Tories, he hated Whigs...
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Essays and Lectures: Historical and Literary

James Whiteside - 1868 - 518 pages
...not in a conspiracy to cheat the world by false representations of the merits of their countrymen. The Irish are a fair people — they never speak well of one another." He liked Tories, he hated Whigs ; from the time at three years of age, he heard Sacheverell preach...
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The Christian Ambassador, Volume 7

1869 - 404 pages
...might treat that country even more unfavourably than he had treated Scotland. "No, sir," he answered, " you have no reason to be afraid of me. The Irish are...PEOPLE — THEY NEVER SPEAK WELL OF ONE ANOTHER." His prejudices against the Scotch gradually abated until they became a tradition of the past, rather...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 pages
...pointed double-edged wit, 'Sir, you have no reason tu be afraid of me. The Irish arc not in a conspiraey to cheat the world by false representations of the...merits of their countrymen. No, sir ; the Irish are a FAIE PEОГЬE ; — they never speak well of one another.' Johnson told me of an instance of Scottish...
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The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with A journal of a tour to the ...

James Boswell - 1874 - 602 pages
...more unfavourably than he had done the Scotch, he answered with strong pointed double-edged wit, " Sir, you have no reason to be afraid of me. The Irish...PEOPLE : — they never speak well of one another." Johnson told me an instance of Scottish nationality, which made a very unfavourable impression upon...
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Life and Conversations of Dr. Samuel Johnson: (founded Chiefly Upon Boswell).

Alexander Main - 1874 - 482 pages
...Ireland, he might treat the natives even more rigidly than he had treated the Scotch. " Sir," said he, " you have no reason to be afraid of me. The Irish are...PEOPLE ; — they never speak well of one another." That joke in the last sentence is a magnificent piece of wit. " A FAIR PEOPLE " — because they never...
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LIFE AND CONSERVATIONS OF DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON (FOUNDED CHIEFLY UPON BOSWELL).

ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 pages
...Ireland, he might treat the natives even more rigidly than he had treated the Scotch. " Sir," said he, " you have no reason to be afraid of me. The Irish are...PEOPLE ;—they never speak well of one another." That joke in the last sentence is a magnificent piece of wit. " A FAIR PEOPLE "—because they nei'cr...
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Samuel Johnson, His Words and His Ways, what He Said, what He Did, and what ...

Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 348 pages
...more unfavorably than he had done the Scotch, he answered, with strong, pointed, double-edged wit, "Sir, you have no reason to be afraid of me. The Irish...of their countrymen. No, sir; the Irish are a FAIR PEOPLE—they never speak well of one another."— Boswett. Johnson one day asked me," Have you observed...
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Samuel Johnson, His Words and His Ways, what He Said, what He Did, and what ...

Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 346 pages
...more unfavorably than he had done the Scotch, he answered, with strong, pointed, double-edged wit, "Sir, you have no reason to be afraid of me. The Irish...merits of their countrymen. No, sir ; the Irish are a PAIR PEOPLE — they never speak well of one another." — Boswett. Johnson one day asked me, " Have...
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Acme Library of Standard Biography: Third Series

1880 - 556 pages
...He declared that the Scotch were always ready to lie on each other's behalf. "The Irish," he said, " are not in a conspiracy to cheat the world by false...fair people ; they never speak well of one another." There was another difference. He always expressed a generous resentment against the tyranny exercised...
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