 | Francis Richard Charles Grant - 1887 - 216 pages
...his father's ghost : ' Look, my Lord, he comes.' . . . Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated, and recollecting...indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.' Johnson. That, sir, I find is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help." This was not... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 598 pages
...from which an engraving has been made for this work. Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated ; and recollecting...(said I) I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help.it'.' I am willing to flatter myself that I meant this as light pleasantry to sooth and conciliate... | |
 | Walter Thornbury - 1879 - 604 pages
...attitude of sitting in his easy-chair in deep meditation. Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated ; and recollecting...' Don't tell where I come from.' ' From Scotland,' cries Davies, roguishly. ' Mr. Johnson,' said I, ' I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help... | |
 | James Boswell - 1888 - 608 pages
...from which an engraving has been made for this work. Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated ; and recollecting...flatter myself that I meant this as light pleasantry to sooth and conciliate him, and not as any humiliating abasement at the expence of my country. But however... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 pages
...for him, which Sir Joshua very kindly presented to me. Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully ames Boswell aguinst the Scotch, of which I had heard much, 1 said to Davies, "Don't tell where 1 come from." —... | |
 | Percy Fitzgerald - 1891 - 376 pages
...appearance of his father's ghost, ' Look, my Lord, it comes.' Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated ; and recollecting...indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.' But however that might be, this speech was somewhat unlucky ; for with that quickness of wit for which... | |
 | Percy Fitzgerald - 1891 - 320 pages
...appearance of his father's ghost, 'Look,, my Lord, it comes.' Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated; and recollecting...indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.' But however that might be, this speech was somewhat unlucky ; for with that quickness of wit for which... | |
 | 1905 - 556 pages
...in the part of Horatio. . . 'Look, my Lord, it comes.' Mr. Davies mentioned my name and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated; and recollecting...which I had heard much, I said to Davies, 'Don't tell him where I came from.' 'From Scotland,' cried Mr. Davies roguishly. 'Mr. Johnson,' said I, 'I do indeed... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 80 pages
..."monarch of literature." " Recollecting Johnson's prejudice against the Scotch," writes Boswell, " I said to Davies, ' Don't tell where I come from!'...indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.' He retorted, ' That, sir, I find, is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help.' The stroke... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1897 - 512 pages
...391, «. 4. Boswell's account is as follows : — ' Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated ; and recollecting...indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it." .... He retorted, "That, Sir, I find is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help." ' The... | |
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Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated; and recollecting his prejudice against the Scotch, of which I had heard much, I said to Davies, "Don't tell where I come from." — "From Scotland," cried Davies... 
