 During the whole of this interview, Johnson talked to his Majesty with profound respect, but still in his firm manly manner, with a sonorous voice, and never in that subdued tone which is commonly used at the levee and in the drawing room.  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page xlixby Samuel Johnson - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Laurence Hutton - 1903 - 558 pages
...interview Johnson talked to liis Boswell's Majesty with profound respect, but still in his firm Joimson, manly manner, with a sonorous voice, and never in that subdued tone which iscommonly used at the levee and in the drawing-room. Buckingham House was taken down in 1825, by order... | |
 | James Boswell - 1911 - 672 pages
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 | James Boswell - 1901 - 540 pages
...which Johnson himself had forgot. His Majesty expressed a desire to have the literary biography of I / this country ably executed, and proposed to Dr. Johnson...tone which is commonly used at the levee and in the drawing room. After the King withdrew, Johnson shewed himself highly pleased with his Majesty's conversation,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 136 pages
...read about the French Academy. 27 12. the King. " His Majesty expressed a desire to have the literary biography of this country ably executed, and proposed to Dr. Johnson to undertake it." — Boswell. Read Boswell's account of the interview. In consulting the index look under George III.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 136 pages
...read about the French Academy. 27 12. the King. " His Majesty expressed a desire to have the literary biography of this country ably executed, and proposed to Dr. Johnson to undertake it." — Boswell. Read Boswell's account of the interview. In consulting the index look under George III.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1904 - 136 pages
...read about the French Academy. 27 12. the King. " His Majesty expressed a desire to have the literary biography of this country ably executed, and proposed to Dr. Johnson to undertake it." — Boswell. Read Boswell's account of the interview. In consulting the index look under George III.... | |
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