 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. (' When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship,...little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it. When I had once addressed your Lordship in publick, I had exhausted all the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. 'When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship,...might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre1 ; — that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending ; but I found my... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. 'When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship,...might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la tcrre' ; — that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending; but I found my attendance... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind,N by the enchantment of your address ; and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vninqueur du vaiitqueur de la terre; — that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 pages
...your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainguieur itu 'vainguier dc la terre, that I might obtain that regard for which...little encouraged that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it. When I bad once addressed your lordship in public, I had exhausted all the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 328 pages
...favours from the Great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. When upon some slight encouragement I first visited your Lordship,...could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself le liainqueur an valnijueur de h la terre, 'that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 350 pages
...address, and could not " forbear to wish, that I might boast myself " le vainqutur du vainqueur de le terre ; that I " might obtain that regard for which I saw the " world contending. But I found my attend" ance so little encouraged, that neither pride " nor modesty would suffer me to continue it.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 pages
...in what terms to acknowledge. " MY LORD, February 7, 1755. " When, upon some slight encouragement, 1 first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like...of your address, and could not forbear to wish that 1 might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre ;—that I might obtain that regard for... | |
 | John Watkins - 1808 - 768 pages
...favour from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship,...could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself le vainqiteur du rainqueur de la, terre; that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending... | |
 | John Watkins - 1808 - 568 pages
...from the great, I know not welt hfrw to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship,...mankind, by the enchantment of your address ; and could tiot forbear to wish that I might boast myself le vainqueur du rainqiieur dc la tcrre; that I might... | |
| |
Dictionary is recommended to the public were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. ' When, upon some... 
