 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, roguishly....  The Ladies' Companion - 163. oldal1861Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | William Edward Simonds - 1900 - 510 oldal
...I said to Davies, ' Don't tell him where I come from.' ' From Scotland,' cried Davies roguishly. ' Mr. Johnson ' (said I), ' I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.' ' That, sir,' roared Johnson, ' I find is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help.' This... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1903 - 542 oldal
...said to Davies, " Don't tell where I came from." — " From Scotland," cried Davies roguishly. — " Mr. Johnson," said I, " I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it." I am willing to flatter myself that I meant this as a light pleasantry to soothe and conciliate him, and not as a humiliating... | |
 | Stephen Lucius Gwynn - 1904 - 458 oldal
...I said to Davies, " Don't tell where I come from." — "From Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. " Mr. Johnson," 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 soothe and conciliate him, and not as a humiliating... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 1590 oldal
...I said to Davies, ' Don't tell where I come from.' — ' From Scotland,' cried Davies roguishly. ' Mr. Johnson, (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 him, and not as an humiliating... | |
 | Stephen Lucius Gwynn - 1904 - 452 oldal
...Johnson," 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 soothe and conciliate him, and not as a humiliating abasement at the expense of my country. But however that might be, this speech was somewhat... | |
 | 1905 - 548 oldal
...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 come from Scotland, but I cannot help it'." This, Boswell says, was meant to placate Johnson, and he was therefore taken aback by the reply, "That... | |
 | 1906 - 796 oldal
...Davies, 'Don't tell where I come from.' — 'From Scotland,' cries Davies, roguishly. 'Mr. Johnson, 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 soothe and conciliate him, and not as an humiliating... | |
 | Thomas Charles Blaisdell - 1906 - 428 oldal
...mentioned his name and roguishly added, "From Scotland," remembering Johnson's antipathy to that country. "Mr. Johnson," said I, "I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it. ..." With that quickness of wit for which he was so remarkable, he seized the expression "come from... | |
 | William Joseph Long - 1909 - 638 oldal
...I said to Davies, " Don't tell him where I come from." " From Scotland," cried Davies roguishly. " Mr. Johnson," said I, " I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it." ..." That, sir " [cried Johnson], " I find is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help."... | |
 | Abram Royer Brubacher, Dorothy Ermina Snyder - 1910 - 386 oldal
...the curtains, and discover The several caskets to this noble prince. land," cried Davies roguishly. " Mr. Johnson," said I, "I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it." ..." That, sir " (cried Johnson), " I find is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help."... | |
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