 ... happiness ; that these ought not to be lost ; and that the gentleman on whose account she was divorced had gained her heart while thus unhappily situated. Seduced, perhaps, by the charms of the lady in question, I thus attempted to palliate what I...  The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 256by James Boswell - 1820Full view - About this book
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 508 pages
...lady in question, I thus attempted to palliate what I was sensible could not be justified ; for when I had finished my harangue, my venerable friend gave...thus: " Sir, he was so exuberant a talker at publick meeting*, that the gentlemen of his county were afraid of him. No business could be done for his declamation.*'... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...in question, I thus attempted to palliate what I was sensible coulil not be justified ; for when I had finished my harangue, my venerable friend gave...there's an end on't." He described the father of one of hie friends thus : " Sir, he was so exuberant a talker at public meetings, that the gentlemen of his... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 382 pages
...attempting wit and failing, than in seeing a man trying to leap over a ditch, and tumbling into it." ' He described the father of one of his friends thus : " Sir, he was so exuberant a talker at public meetings, that the gentlemen of his county were afraid of him. No business could be done for... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 442 pages
...attempted to palliate what I was eeasible could not be jnstified ; for when I had finished my harangne, my venerable friend gave me a proper check : " My dear Sir, never accustom your mind to mingle virtne and vice. The woman's a whore, and there's an end on't." He described the father of one of his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pages
...lady in question, I thus attempted to palliate what I was sensible could not be justified ; for when I had finished my harangue, my venerable friend gave...thus : " Sir, he was so exuberant a talker at publick meet- • ings, that the gentlemen of his county were afraid of him. No business could be done for... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 372 pages
...attempting wit and failing, than in seeing a man trying to leap over a ditch, and tumbling into it." He described the father of one of his friends thus : " Sir, he was so exuberant a talker at public meetings, that the gentlemen of his county were afraid of him. No business could be done for... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1827 - 622 pages
...lady in question, I thus, attempted to palliate what I was sensible could not be justified; for when I : All at her work the village maiden sings ; Nor while she turns the giady onV He described the father of one of his friends thus : " Sir, he was so exuberant a talker at public... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 612 pages
...lady in question, I thus attempted to palliate what I was sensible could not be justified ; for when I had finished my harangue, my venerable friend gave...accustom your mind to mingle virtue and vice. The woman 'sa whore, and there 's an end on't." [One evening, in the rooms at Brighthelmstone, pi « zzi... | |
 | James Boswell - 1833 - 1182 pages
...lady in question, I thus attempted to palliate what I was sensible could not be justified; for when I had finished my harangue, my venerable friend gave me a proper check; 1 [No doubt Lady Diana Spencer, eldest daughter, of Charles Dukeof Marlborough, born in 1734, married... | |
 | 1863 - 622 pages
...refreshing to turn to downright old Johnson's coarse but honest reply to a similar strain of sophistry : ' My dear Sir, never accustom your mind to mingle virtue and vice. The woman's a — — , and there's an end onV Besides having two wives, the hero of this tale has also a sister-in-law... | |
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