 | 1874 - 382 pages
...company he is to have at his table ? " Boswell : " I beg your pardon, sir, for wishing to prevent you from meeting people whom you might not like. Perhaps...him." Johnson : " Well, sir, and what then ? What care I for his patriotic friends ? Poh ! " Boswell: "I should not be surprised to find Jack Wilkes there."... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 584 pages
...and what then ? What care / for his patriotick friends ? Poh ! " BOSWELL. " I should not be surprized to find Jack Wilkes there." JOHNSON. " And if Jack Wilkes should be there, what is that to me, Sir? My dear friend, let us have no more of this. I am sorry to be angry with you ; but really it is treating... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 584 pages
...what company he is to have at his table?" BOSWELL. "I beg your pardon, Sir, for wishing to prevent you from meeting people whom you might not like. Perhaps he may have some of what he calls his patriotick friends with him." JOHNSON. " Well, Sir, and what then ? What care / for his patriotick... | |
 | 1875 - 796 pages
...Do you think I imagine I am to prescribe to a gentleman what " company he is to have at his table?' Boswell. — 'I should not be " surprised to find..." Wilkes should be there, what is that to me, Sir ?' " Accordingly the good old philosopher went, and even became quite gracious. " recovered, after... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 348 pages
...company he is to have at his table ?" Roswett: "I beg your pardon, sir, for wishing to prevent you from meeting people whom you might not like. Perhaps...him." Johnson: "Well, sir, and what then? What care I for his patriotie friends? Poh !" Boswett: "I should not be surprised to find Jack Wilkes there."... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 346 pages
...some of what he calls his patriotic friends with him." Johnson: "Well, sir, and what then? What care I for his patriotic friends? Poh!" Boswell: "I should...to find Jack Wilkes there." Johnson: "And if Jack Wilkcs should be there, what is that to me, sir ? My dear friend, let us have no more of this. I am... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 634 pages
...company he is to have at his table ?" BOSWELL. " I beg your pardon, Sir, for wishing to prevent you from meeting people whom you might not like. Perhaps...Jack Wilkes should be there, what is that to me, Sir ? My dear friend, let us have no more of this. I am sorry to be angry with you ; but really it is treating... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 634 pages
...company he is to have at his table ?" BOSWELL. " I beg your pardon, Sir, for wishing to prevent you from meeting people whom you might not like. Perhaps...Jack Wilkes there." JOHNSON. " And if Jack Wilkes slwuld be there, what is that to me, Sir ? My dear friend, let us have no more of this. I am sorry... | |
 | Francis Richard Charles Grant - 1887 - 216 pages
...world as to imagine that I am to prescribe to a gentleman what company he is to have at his table ? " Boswell. I should not be surprised to find Jack Wilkes...Jack Wilkes should be there what is that to me, sir ? " On the appointed day, May i5th, Boswell called at Bolt Court to accompany Johnson to the dinner,... | |
 | James Boswell, Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 490 pages
...company he is to have at his table?' BOSWELL. ' I beg your pardon, Sir, for wishing to prevent you from meeting people whom you might not like. Perhaps he may have some of what he calls his patriotick friends with him.' JOHNSON. ' Well, Sir, and what then ? What care / for his patriotick... | |
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What do you mean, sir? What do you take me for? Do you think I am so ignorant of the world as to imagine that I am to prescribe to a gentleman what company he is to have at his table? 
