| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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