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" Burke, sir, is such a man, that if you met him for the first time in the street where you were stopped by a drove of oxen, and you and he stepped aside to take shelter but for five minutes, he'd talk to you in such a manner, that, when you parted, you... "
Boswell's Life of Johnson: Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into ... - Page 38
by James Boswell - 1786
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Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith

Joachim Fernau - 1848 - 736 pages
...to somebody at ' the other end. But Burke, sir, is such a man, that if ' you met him for the first time in the street, where you ' were stopped by a...stepped ' aside to take shelter but for five minutes, he 'd talk to ' you in such a manner, that, when you parted, you would ' say, this is an extraordinary...
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The Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography in Four Books, Volume 1

John Forster - 1848 - 734 pages
...to somebody at ' the other end. But Burke, sir, is such a man, that if ' you met him for the first time in the street, where you ' were stopped by a...stepped ' aside to take shelter but for five minutes, he 'd talk to ' you in such a manner, that, when you parted, you would ' say, this is an extraordinary...
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The life and adventures of Oliver Goldsmith

John Forster - 1848 - 744 pages
...stopped by a drove of oxen, and you and he stepped ' aside to take shelter but for five minutes, he 'd talk to ' you in such a manner, that, when you parted, you would ' say, this is an extraordinary man. Now you may be long ' enough with me, without finding anything extraordinary.' i This was modest...
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The Leisure Hour: An Illustrated Magazine for Home Reading, Volume 2

1853 - 888 pages
...shower, without being convinced that he was the first man in England. If you met him for the first time in the street, where you were stopped by a drove of oxen, and you and he stepped aside for shelter, but for five minutes, he'd talk to you in such a manner that when you parted you would...
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The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 1

John Forster - 1854 - 642 pages
...speak to somebody at the other end. Burke, " sir, is such a man, that if you met him for the first time in " the street, where you were stopped by a..." parted, you would say, This is an extraordinary man.* " Now, you may be long enough with me, without finding " anything extraordinary." t * Over and...
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The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 1

John Forster - 1854 - 512 pages
...speak to somebody at the other end. Burke, '' sir, is such n man, that if you met him for the first time in " the street, where you were stopped by a...minutes, he'd talk to you in such a manner, that, when yo:i " parted, you would say, This is an extraordinary man. " Now, you may be long enough with me,...
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Life of ... Edmund Burke, revised by the author

sir James Prior - 1854 - 586 pages
...England." " Burke, Sir," said he at another time, " is such a man, that if you met him for the first time in the street where you were stopped by a drove of oxen, and you and he stepped aside for shelter but for five minutes, he'd talk to you in such a manner that when you parted you would...
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Life of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke

Sir James Prior - 1854 - 838 pages
...England." " Burke, Sir," said he at another time, " is such a man, that if you met him for the first time in the street where you were stopped by a drove of oxen, and you and he stepped aside for shelter but for five minutes, he'd talk to you in such a manner that when you parted you would...
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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

James Boswell - 1860 - 434 pages
...sir, is such a man, that if you met him for the first time in the street where you were stopped l,ya drove of oxen, and you and he stepped aside to take...you parted you would say, This is an extraordinary man. Now, you may • be long enough with me without finding anything extraordinary." _ He said he...
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Anecdote Biography

John Timbs - 1860 - 432 pages
...shower, without being convinced that he was the first man in England." Or, " If you met him for the first time in the street where you were stopped by a drove of oxen, and you and he stepped aside for shelter but for five minutes, he'd talk to you in such a manner that when you parted you would...
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