 | Percy Fitzgerald - 1891 - 376 pages
...had heard much, 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.' But however that might be, this speech was somewhat unlucky ; for with that quickness of wit for which... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1895 - 660 pages
...heard much, I said to Davies, " Don't tell where I come from." — " From Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. " Mr. Johnson," said I, " I do indeed come...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... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1895 - 670 pages
...heard much, I said to Davies, " Don't tell where I come from." — " From Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. " Mr. Johnson," said I, " I do indeed come...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 80 pages
...writes Boswell, " 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.' He retorted, ' That, sir, I find, is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help.' The stroke... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1897 - 512 pages
...had heard much, 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." .... He retorted, "That, Sir, I find is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help." ' The... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 590 pages
...had heard much, I said to Davies, " Don't tell where I came from." — " From Scotland," cried Davies roguishly. — " Mr. Johnson," said I, " I do indeed...am willing to flatter myself that I meant this as a light pleasantry to soothe and conciliate him, and not as a humiliating abasement at the expense... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 638 pages
...heard much, I said to Davies, " Don't tell where I come from." — " From Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. " Mr. Johnson (said I) I do indeed come...pleasantry to sooth and conciliate him, and not as any humiliating abasement at the expence of my country. But however that might be, this speech was... | |
 | Annie Barnett - 1900 - 1060 pages
...I had heard much, I said to Davies, "Don't tell where I come from." " From Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. " Mr. Johnson," said I, " I do indeed come...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 pages
...had heard much, I said to Davies, "Don't tell where I come from." — " From Scotland," cried Davies, em of Phy soothe and conciliate him, and not as an humiliating abasement at the expense of my country. But however... | |
 | William Edward Simonds - 1900 - 510 pages
...in recovering. 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... | |
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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.... 
