 | James Boswell - 1827 - 622 páginas
...'•'•food of horses," vete so much used as the fooil of the people in Dr. Johnson's own town. He expatiated in praise of Lichfield and its inhabitants,...proportion to their wealth, and spoke the purest English." I doubted as to the last article of this eulogy : for they had several provincial sounds ; as, there... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 690 páginas
...oats" the "food of horses," were so much used as the food of the people in Dr. Johnson's own town. He expatiated in praise of Lichfield and its inhabitants,...proportion to their wealth, and spoke the purest English." I doubted as to the last article of this '[This person's name was Henry. See post, 1st Sept. 1 777.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 586 páginas
...oats," the "food of horses" were so much used as the food of the people in Dr. Johnson's own town. He expatiated in praise of Lichfield and its inhabitants,...proportion to their wealth, and spoke the purest English." I doubted as to the last article of this 1 [This person's name was Henry. See post, 1st Sept 1777-... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 366 páginas
...oats" the "food of horses," were so much used as the food of the people in Dr. Johnson's own town. He expatiated in praise of Lichfield and its inhabitants,...people in England, the genteelest in proportion to (heir wealth, and spoke the purest English." I doubted as to the last article of this eulogy ; for... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 590 páginas
...oats," the "food of horses," were so much used as the food of the people in Dr. Johnson's own town. He expatiated in praise of Lichfield and its inhabitants,...were " the most sober, decent people in England, the genteelestin proportion to their wealth, and spoke the purest English." I doubted as to the last article... | |
 | James Boswell - 1844 - 370 páginas
...oats," the "food of horses" were so much used as the food of the people in Dr. Johnson's own town. He expatiated in praise of Lichfield and its inhabitants,...proportion to their wealth, and spoke the purest English." I doubted as to the last article of this eulogy ; for they had several provincial sounds ; as, there,... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1867 - 552 páginas
...dialect. " Dr. Johnson, expa" tiating in praise of Lichfield," was wont to boast that its inhabitants were the most sober, decent people in England, the...proportion to their wealth, and spoke the purest English." "I doubted," says Boswell, as to the last article of this eulogy ; ' for they had several provincial... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1868 - 296 páginas
...it contribute to its respectability and well-being. Johnson said of his fellow-townsfolk that " they were the most sober, decent people in England —...proportion to their wealth, and spoke the purest English." Boswell remarked that the two principal manufactures in his time were sailcloths and streamers for... | |
 | 1908 - 1066 páginas
...declare, with the emphasis which so often underscored his judgments, that the residents of Lichfield were " the most sober, decent people in England, the...proportion to their wealth, and spoke the purest English." The gradation of gentility is very amusing. When Boswell, surprised at the paucity of manufacturing... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 584 páginas
..."Oats," the "food of horses," were so much used as the food of the people in Dr. Johnson's own town. He expatiated in praise of Lichfield and its inhabitants,...proportion to their wealth, and spoke the purest English." I doubted as to the last article of this eulogy ; for they had several provincial sounds ; as, there,... | |
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He expatiated in praise of Lichfield and its inhabitants, who, he said, were ' the most sober, decent people in England, the genteelest in proportion to their wealth, and spoke the purest English. 
