 | 1905 - 610 стор.
...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 come from Scotland, but I cannot help it'." This, Boswell says, was meant to placate Johnson, and he was therefore taken aback by the reply, "That... | |
 | 1906 - 416 стор.
...enters into the dispute which ensued. Says Boswell : "Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated; and recollecting...'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... | |
 | Thomas Charles Blaisdell - 1906 - 428 стор.
...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... | |
 | Henry Grey Graham - 1908 - 441 стор.
...respectfully introduced me. I was much agitated, and recollecting his prejudice against the Scotch, I said to Davies, "Don't tell where I come from."...Johnson," said I, " I do indeed come from Scotland, but 1 cannot help it." " That, sir, I find is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help." At... | |
 | Henry Grey Graham - 1908 - 532 стор.
...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."...Johnson," said I, " I do indeed come from Scotland, but 1 cannot help it." " That, sir, I find is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help." At... | |
 | William Joseph Long - 1909 - 638 стор.
...supreme opportunity came. This is his record of the great event : I was much agitated [says Boswell] and recollecting his prejudice against the Scotch,...which I had heard much, I said to Davies, " Don't tell him where I come from." " From Scotland," cried Davies roguishly. " Mr. Johnson," said I, " I do indeed... | |
 | John Dennis - 1910 - 126 стор.
...he was destined to immortalize. " Mr. Davies," Boswell writes, " mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated, and recollecting...indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it!' . . . This speech was somewhat unlucky, for with that quickness of wit for which he was so remarkable,... | |
 | Abram Royer Brubacher, Dorothy Ermina Snyder - 1910 - 386 стор.
...now. 5. Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover The several caskets to this noble prince. land," cried Davies roguishly. " Mr. Johnson," said I, "I...indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it." ..." That, sir " (cried Johnson), " I find is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help."... | |
 | Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, Walter Raleigh - 1910 - 196 стор.
...in Davies's shop, on his first introduction, put him at Johnson's mercy for the rest of his life. ' Mr. Johnson (said I), I do indeed come from Scotland) but I cannot help it.' From that time forward, Johnson delighted to indulge his humour, playful rather than hostile, on the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1910 - 602 стор.
...from which an engraving has been made for this work. Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated; and recollecting his prejudice against the Scotch, ot which I had heard much, I said to Davies, " Don't tell where I come from."—" From Scotland," cried... | |
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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... 
