 | John Matthews Manly - 1909 - 574 páginas
...unquestionable proof, Madam, that I am in earnest, here is a very sensible, civil, wellbehaved fellow -citizen, your footman; I desire that he may be allowed to sit down and dine with us.' Í thus, Sir, showed her the absurdity of the levelling doctrine. She has never liked me since. Sir,... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1910 - 812 páginas
...republican. One day when I was at her house, I put on a very grave countenance, and said to her, "Madam, ad taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable...whatsoever might be the future date of my history, I thus, Sir, shewed her the absurdity of the leveling doctrine. She has never liked me since. — JOHNSON,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1910 - 602 páginas
...republican. 1 One day when I was.at her house, I put on a very grave countenance, and said to her, ' Madam, I am now become a convert to your way of thinking....very sensible, civil, well-behaved fellow-citizen, • This one Mrs. Macaulay was the same personage who afterwards made herself so much known as " the... | |
 | 1910 - 950 páginas
...1763 In the rear room of the bookshop of the actor Davies, in Russell Street well-behaved citizen, your footman: I desire that he may be allowed to sit down and dine with me!" He adds: "She has never liked me since. Sir, your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves... | |
 | James Boswell - 1912 - 106 páginas
...republican. One day when I was at her house I put on a very grave countenance, and said to her, 'Madam, I am now become a convert to your way of thinking....that he may be allowed to sit down and dine with us.' I thus, sir, showed her the absurdity of her leveling doctrine. She has never liked me since. Sir,... | |
 | John Francis Meehan - 1913 - 52 páginas
...her house, she received at his hands a sharp rebuff for her republican notions : " Madam, I am now a convert to your way of thinking. I am convinced...earnest, here is a very sensible, civil, well-behaved fellow citizen — your footman. I desire that he may be allowed to sit down and dine with us." One... | |
 | Bath and West and Southern Counties Society - 1914 - 494 páginas
...his feelings so lacerated by her republican notions, that at last he exclaimed — " Madam, I am now a convert to your way of thinking. I am convinced...that he may be allowed to sit down and dine with us." Like Gilbert's Sir Joseph Porter, her passion for levelling had its limits, and Johnson and she parted... | |
 | James Boswell - 1916 - 370 páginas
...republican. One day when I was at her house, I put on a very grave countenance, and said to her, 'Madam, I am now become a convert to your way of thinking....that he may be allowed to sit down and dine with us.' I thus, Sir, showed her the absurdity of the leveling doctrine. She has never liked me since. Sir,... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 964 páginas
...republican. One day when I was at her house, I put on a very gra\'e countenance, and said to her, 'Madam, "Is jus [1630 is a very sensible, civil, well-behaved fellow citizen, your footman; I desire that he may be... | |
 | Horace Bleackley - 1917 - 542 páginas
...day. " One day when I was at her house I put on a very grave countenance and said to her : ' Madam, I am now become a convert to your way of thinking....that he may be allowed to sit down and dine with us.' I thus, sir, showed her the absurdity of the levelling doctrine. She has never liked me since."2 And... | |
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Madam, I am now become a convert to your way of thinking. I am convinced that all mankind are upon an equal footing ; and to give you an unquestionable proof, Madam, that I am in earnest, here is a very sensible, civil, well-behaved fellow-citizen, your... 
