 Johnson appeared bustling about, with an ink-horn and pen in his button-hole, like an exciseman ; and on being asked what he really considered to be the value of the property which was to be disposed of, answered, " We are not here to sell a parcel of...  London as it is to-day - Сторінка 4061851Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | Karl Baedeker (Firm) - 1887 - 458 стор.
...occasion of the sale, which he attended as an executor, though often quoted , are worthy of repetition: 'We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, hut the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.' Two vats are shown, each of which... | |
 | Society of Friends - 1888 - 462 стор.
...an amount, had faith, no doubt, in Dr. Johnson's remarks, who, as one of Thrale's executors, said, " We are not here to sell a parcel of Boilers and Vats,...potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice." Dr. Johnson was not wanting in philosophic counsel to the purchaser (who, like his ancestor, the Apologist,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1888 - 544 стор.
...s.rys (Marginalia) or separately sign notes, drafts, £c., for that " two hours after Thrale's death are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats,...potentiality of growing rich, beyond the dreams of avarice."1 On Friday, April 6, he carried me to dine at a club, which, at his desire, had been lately... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 570 стор.
...exciseman; and on being asked what he really considered to be the value of the property, which was to be disposed of, answered, " We are not here to...potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice." ' On Friday, April 6, 2 he carried me to dine at a club, which, at his desire, had been lately formed... | |
 | Karl Baedeker (Firm) - 1889 - 480 стор.
...occasion of the sale, which he attended as an executor , though often quoted , are worthy of repetition : 'We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats,...potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.' Two vats are shown, each of which can contain 3300 barrels of liquor. The water used in brewing is... | |
 | William Boyne - 1891 - 834 стор.
...for ^135,00x5 ; and upon this occasion the often-quoted words were used, that " they were not there to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice," words which the later history of the brewery has proved to be more than mere rodomontade. — [R. and... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1890 - 320 стор.
...an exciseman, and on being asked what he really considered to be the value of the property which was to be disposed of, answered, "We are not here to sell...growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice." Johnson: My dear friend, clear your mindot cant. You may talk as other people do; you may say to a man, " Sir,... | |
 | Henry Benjamin Wheatley - 1891 - 594 стор.
...an exciseman, and on being asked what he considered to be really the value of the property which was to be disposed of, answered, " We are not here to...potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice." — Croker's Boswell, p. 682. The purchaser was David Barclay, the head of the great banking firm in... | |
 | Leonard Benton Seeley - 1891 - 394 стор.
...excise man ; and on being asked what he really considered to be the value of the property which was to be disposed of, answered : " We are not here to...potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice." ' Miss Burney thus writes of the day of the sale : ' Mrs. Thrale went early to town, to meet all the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1891 - 412 стор.
...time and space pant,' iv. 30. PARADOX. ' No, Sir, you are not to talk such paradox,' ii. 84. PARCEL. ' We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich beyond i the dreams of avarice ' (Lord Lucan's anecdote of Johnson), iv. loo-l. PARENTS. ' Parents not in... | |
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