 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 pages
...2tth April, 1778 __ C. T other end. Burke, Sir, is such a man, that if l you met him for the first time in the street, where you were stopped by a drove of oxen, and you und he stepped aside to take shelter but for five minutes, he'd talk to you in such a manner, that,... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1860 - 960 pages
...post, 2tth April, 1778. —C. T other end. Burke, Sir, is such a man, that if you met him for the first Clarissa, was his constant friend on such occasions. Hag. voi Iv. p. J und he stepped aside to take shelter j but for five minutes, he'd talk to you in such a manner, that,... | |
 | John Timbs - Anecdotes - 1864 - 378 pages
...leave off. . . . Burke, sir, is such a man, that if you met him for the first time in the street when you were stopped by a drove of oxen, and you and he...parted, you would say, ' This is an extraordinary man.' Now, you may be long enough with me without finding anything extraordinary." At the same time... | |
 | John Stoughton - London (England) - 1864 - 302 pages
...shower, without being convinced that he was the first man in England. 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... | |
 | Thomas Ballantyne - Quotations - 1870 - 254 pages
...general fame which he has in the world. 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 would talk to you in such a manner, that when you parted, you... | |
 | Thomas Ballantyne - Quotations - 1870 - 256 pages
...stopped by a drove of oxen, and you and he stepped aside for shelter but for five minutes, he would talk to you in such a manner, that when you parted, you would say, — this w an extraordinary man. Now, you may be long enough with me without finding anything extraordinary.... | |
 | William Clark Russell - Authors, English - 1871 - 550 pages
...establishments. — Gibbon, " Memoirs." 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...talk to you in such a manner that when you parted, you'd say, " This is an extraordinary man." — -Johnson. The variety of his allusions and splendour... | |
 | John Forster - 1873 - 806 pages
...'speak to somebody at the! 'other end. Burke, sir, is suchi '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 ^i's *£,£o£. ^"K^ . 'Stepped aside to take shelter; the reader perhaps will also think, who but... | |
 | Mary Francis Cusack - Ireland - 1873 - 724 pages
...is such a man, that if you met him for the first time in the street, and conversed with him for not five minutes, he'd talk to you in such a manner, that, when you parted, you would say that is an extraordinary man.4 Some essays in imitation of Dr. Charles Lucas, and a translation of... | |
 | Theology - 1875 - 402 pages
...with his eloquence. ' Burke, Sir,' said Johnson, ' is such a man, that if 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.' Very often the meetings resolved themselves into a contest between Burke and Johnson, and then... | |
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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... 
