 | William Swinton - Readers - 1885 - 620 pages
...genuine love for each other. "Burke," 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." De Quincey justly describes Burke as " the supreme writer of his century." No writer of that... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1885 - 454 pages
...he'll speak to somebody at the other end. Burke, sir, is such a man, that if you met him (or 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 anything (as Mir. Wilkes told me himself with... | |
 | William Swinton - Readers - 1885 - 624 pages
...genuine love for each other. "Burke," 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." De Quincey justly describes Burke as " the supreme writer of his century." No writer of that... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1885 - 530 pages
...said of him: " 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...talk to you in such a manner that when you parted, you'd say, ' This is an extraordinary man.' " Goldsmith's lines on him are well known : Here lies our... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers (Primary) - 1888 - 316 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 would... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 480 pages
...he'll speak to somebody at the other end. 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...you parted, you would say, This is an extraordinary man. Now, you may be long enough with me, without finding anything extraordinary." He said, Inbelieved... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 558 pages
...he'll speak to somebody at the other end. 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...you parted, you would say, This is an extraordinary man. Now, you may be long enough with me, without finding anything extraordinary." He said, he believed... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1889 - 494 pages
...other end. Burke, Sir, is such a man, that if you met him for the first time in the street, where yon were stopped by a drove of oxen, and you and he stepped...you parted, you would say, This is an extraordinary man. Now, you may be long enough with me, without finding out anything extraordinary." He said, he... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1891 - 648 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... | |
 | JAMES BOSWELL - 1892
...he'll speak to somebody at the other end. 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...you parted, you would say, This is an extraordinary man. Now, you may be long enough with me, without finding anything extraordinary." He said, he believed... | |
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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... 
