 | James Boswell - 1900 - 546 páginas
...Dr. Johnson, I was sensible that he was sometimes a little actuated by the spirit of contradiction, and by means of that I hoped I should gain my point....Wilkes, Sir ! I'd as soon dine with Jack Ketch?"* I therefore, while we were sitting quietly by ourselves at his house in an evening, took occasion to... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 páginas
...Dr Johnson, I was sensible that he was sometimes a little actuated by the spirit of contradiction, tends t c " * I therefore, while we were sitting quietly by ourselves at his house in an evening, took occasion... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 480 páginas
...DILLY : " Nay, if you will take it upon you, I am sure I shall be very happy to see them both here." proposal, " Sir, will you dine in company with Jack...with Jack Wilkes, Sir ! I'd as soon dine with Jack Ketch."1 I therefore, while we were sitting quietly by ourselves at his house in an evening, took occasion... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 726 páginas
...Dr. Johnson, I was sensible that he was sometimes a little actuated by the spirit of contradiction, and by means of that I hoped I should gain my point....Jack Wilkes, Sir ! I'd as soon dine with Jack Ketch V I therefore, while we were sitting quietly by ourselves at his house in an evening, took occasion... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 634 páginas
...Dr. Johnson, I was sensible that he was sometimes a little actuated by the spirit of contradiction, and by means of that I hoped I should gain my point....into a passion, and would probably have answered, From a mtaotimt engraving by Janus Watson alter a painting by R. I-. Pine JOHN WILKES (6. 1727, d.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 638 páginas
...in prison — he had also been outlawed, and in 1774 he was a popular Lord Mayor of London. (643) " Dine with Jack Wilkes, Sir ! I'd as soon dine with Jack Ketch." * I therefore, while we were sitting quietly by ourselves at his house in an evening, took occasion... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey - 1909 - 664 páginas
...Dr. Johnson, I was sensible that he was sometimes a little actuated by the spirit of contradiction, and by means of that I hoped I should gain my point....Jack Wilkes, Sir ! I'd as soon dine with Jack Ketch." * I therefore, while we were sitting quietly by ourselves at his house in an evening, took occasion... | |
 | James Boswell - 1852
...Dr. Johnson, I was sensible that he was sometimes a little actuated by the spirit of contradiction, and by means of that I hoped I should gain my point....with Jack Wilkes, Sir, I'd as soon dine with Jack Ketch."1 I therefore, while we were sitting quietly by ourselves at his house in an evening, took occasion... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey - 1909 - 694 páginas
...Dr. Johnson, I was sensible that he was sometimes a little actuated by the spirit of contradiction, and by means of that I hoped I should gain my point....probably have answered, " Dine with Jack Wilkes, Sir! Pd as soon dine with Jack Ketch." * I therefore, while we were sitting quietly by ourselves at his... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 752 páginas
...Dr. Johnson, I was sensible that he was sometimes a little actuated by the spirit of contradiction, and by means of that I hoped I should gain my point....Jack Wilkes? Sir, I'd as soon dine with Jack Ketch." I therefore, while we were sitting quietly by ourselves at his house in an evening, took occasion to... | |
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Notwithstanding the high veneration which I entertained for Dr. Johnson, I was sensible that he was sometimes a little actuated by the spirit of contradiction, and by means of that I hoped I should gain my point. I was persuaded that if I had come upon... 
