...respectfully introduced me. I was much agitated, and recollecting his prejudices against the Scotch, I said to Davies, "Don't tell where I come from."...indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it." " That, sir, I find is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help." At which retort the...

...had died ip ,1752, a loss I nun which he was long in recovering. I said to Davies, ' Don't tell him where I come from.' ' From Scotland,' cried Davies...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...

...respectfully introduced Mr. Boswell, who was greatly agitated, to the formidable Doctor. He whispered to Davies, " Don't tell where I come from." " From...Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. " Mr. Johnson," said Boswell " I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it." This, of course, was said not as a...

...distinguished men, recounts the circumstances of his introduction. " I was much agitated," says Boswell ; " and recollecting his prejudice against the Scotch, of which I had heard much, 1 Johnson's wife bad died in 1752, a loss from which he was long in recovering. I said to Davies, '...

...painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the attitude of sitting in his easy chair in deep meditation. lecting his prejudice against the Scotch, of which I 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...

...which Sir Joshua very kindly presented to me, and from which an engraving has been made for this work. whom I had spent many pleasant hours in Italy, Johnson...to defend one at a time, I said nothing as to my sooth and conciliate him, and not as an humiliating abasement at the 1 Mr. Murphy, in his Essay on...

...approach to me somewhat in the manner of an actor in the part of Horatio. . . 'Look, my Lord, it comes.' Mr. Davies mentioned my name and respectfully introduced...which I had heard much, 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...

...approach to me somewhat in the manner of an actor in the part of Horatio. . . ' Look, my Lord, it comes. ' Mr. Davies mentioned my name and respectfully introduced...which I had heard much, 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...

...Johnson ; and curiously enough Garrick's name enters into the dispute which ensued. Says Boswell : "Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced...'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...

...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...