 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
 | Leonard Benton Seeley - 1891 - 398 стор.
...^30,000 a year net profit.' But on this point Mrs. Thrale is a better authority. The Brewery Sold. 167 to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the 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 - 548 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 sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the lighted in exercising his mind on the science of numbers.' The letter (ante, ii. 485) about the book-trade... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1892 - 320 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' " (Birkbeck Hill's " Boswell," 1887, iv., 87). PAGE 74, 1. 14. "the whimsical notion of Plato." —... | |
 | Victoria Steamboat Association - 1893 - 152 стор.
...sale Dr. Johnson, who was a friend of the Thrales', said, "We are not here to sell a parcel of bottles and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice!" And he was not wide of the mark! RIGHT. through those long years in which he was carrying on his stupendous... | |
 | 1901 - 672 стор.
...when, as Thrale's executor, " he appeared bustling about with an ink-horn and a pen in his button-hole, and, on being asked what he really considered to be...potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.' " The power of acquiring wealth by the brewing trade was a reality ; and it was a reality not at once... | |
 | Niels G. Röling - 1988 - 260 стор.
...auctioned off the contents of the Anchor Brewery, he made the following promise: 'We are not here to sell boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.' Dr Johnson was right 200 years ago, and there is abundant evidence that he still is today. Advertising... | |
 | Edward Wilmot Blyden - 1993 - 460 стор.
...what he really considered to be the value of the property which was to be disposed of. He replied, " We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats,...potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice." So the founders of this Society looked to the " potentiality " of the few seeds they were planting... | |
 | Jim Williamson - 1994 - 818 стор.
...combustion and confus'd events New-hatch'd to the woful time" [Shakespeare, t605] Plant manufacturers: " We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats,...growing rich, beyond the dreams of avarice. " [Johnson, 1781] Boiler operators: "/ sell here, Sir, what all the world desires - POWER" [Boulton, 1776] Universities:... | |
 | John Brinckerhoff Jackson - 1994 - 228 стор.
...a living. When Dr. Johnson had the job of auctioning off the brewery of his friend Piozzi, he said, "We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats,...potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice." Remember that when you pass an auto junkyard. 13 Truck City The twentieth-century reality: architecture... | |
 | John Richardson - 2000 - 416 стор.
...Thrale died this year. When Johnson was asked what he thought the value of the business was, he replied, 'We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats,...potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.' The brewery had its origins in a brewhouse first noted in 1634, It was substantially enlarged by Edmund... | |
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