 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Alexander Main - 1874 - 480 pages
...expressed to a friend his wonder at the extreme jealousy of the Scotch, and their wrath at being told that their country was not so good as England. "None...magnificent piece of wit. " A FAIR PEOPLE "—because they never speak well of one another: whereas the Scotch, he afterwards said, " love their country better... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 602 pages
...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 are...PEOPLE : — they never speak well of one another." Johnson told me an instance of Scottish nationality, which made a very unfavourable impression upon... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 348 pages
...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 are...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... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 346 pages
...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 are...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - 1882 - 638 pages
...might treat the people of that country more unfavorably than he had done the Scotch, he replied, " Sir, you have no reason to be afraid of me. The Irish are...fair people : they never speak well of one another." — BOSWELL: Life, 1775. On the memorable occasion of the meeting of Dr. Johnson and John Wilkes at... | |
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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. 
