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" Burke, sir, is such a man, that if you met him for the first time in the street where you were stopped by a drove of oxen, and you and he stepped aside to take shelter but for five minutes, he'd talk to you in such a manner, that, when you parted, you... "
Boswell's Life of Johnson: Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into ... - Page 38
by James Boswell - 1786
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the ...

James Boswell - 1833 - 1182 pages
...Ml speak to somebody at the other end. Burke, sir, ie such a man, that if you met him for the first time in the street where you were stopped by a drove...take shelter but for five minutes, he'd talk to you id such a manner, that, when you parted, you would say, this is an extraordinary man. Now, you may...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 33

Scotland - 1833 - 1034 pages
...he again gave the palm to his friend. " Burke, sir, is such a man, that if you met him for the first time in the street; where you were stopped by a drove of oxen, and you and he stepped aside for shelter but for five minutes, he'd talk to you in such a manner, that when you parted, you would...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1835 - 604 pages
...'II speak to somebody at the other end. Burke, sir, is such a man, that if you met him for the first sed since you first knew Mr. Johnson, and enjoy with...his present extraordinary tour. I could not resist man. Now, you may be long enough with me, without finding any thing extraordinary." He said, he believed...
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The History of Party: From the Rise of the Whig and Tory Factions ..., Volume 3

George Wingrove Cooke - Great Britain - 1837 - 694 pages
...see him now it would kill me." Johnson's remark is well known, that if you met Burke for the first time in the street where you were stopped by a drove of oxen, and you and he stepped aside for shelter, he'd talk to you in such a manner that when you parted, you would say, " This is an extraordinary...
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Memoir of the Life and Character of Edmund Burke: With Specimens of His ...

Sir James Prior - 1839 - 646 pages
...England." " Burke, Sir," said he at another time, "is such a man, that if you met him for the first time in the street where you were stopped by a drove of oxen, and you and he stepped aside for shelter but for five minutes, he'd talk to you in such a manner that when you parted you would...
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A memoir of the political life of ... Edmund Burke

George Croly - 1840 - 612 pages
...again gave the palm to his friend. " Burke, sir, is such a man, that if you meet him for the first time, in the street, where you were stopped by a drove of oxen, and you and he stepped aside for shelter but for five minutes, he'd talk to you in such a manner, that when you parted, you would...
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A Memoir of the Political Life of the Right Honourable Edmund ..., Volume 1

George Croly - Politicians - 1840 - 334 pages
...again gave the palm to his friend. " Burke, sir, is such a man, that if you meet him for the first time, in the street, where you were stopped by a drove of oxen, and you and he stepped aside for shelter but for five minutes, he'd talk to you in such a manner, that when you parted, you would...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D: Including A Journal of His Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - Biography - 1846 - 602 pages
...'II speak to somebody at the other end. Burke, sir, is such a man, that il'you met him for the first time in the street where you were stopped by a drove...you parted, you would say, this is an extraordinary man. Now, you may be long enough with me, without finding any thing extraordinary." He said, he believed...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Their Tour to the Hebrides

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1848 - 1798 pages
...25th April, 1778. — C. T other eud. Burke, Sir, is such a man, that if I you met him for the first time in the street, where you were stopped by a drove...you parted, you would say, This is an extraordinary man. Now, you may be long enough with me, without finding any tiling extraordinary." He said, he believed...
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The life and adventures of Oliver Goldsmith

John Forster - 1848 - 740 pages
...to somebody at ' the other end. But Burke, sir, is such a man, that if ' you met him for the first time in the street, where you ' were stopped by a...stepped ' aside to take shelter but for five minutes, he 'd talk to ' you in such a manner, that, when you parted, you would ' say, this is an extraordinary...
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