 | 1900 - 674 pages
...civilities with my sovereign." Johnson was not the less delighted. " Sir," he said to the librarian, " they may talk of the King as they will, but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen." And he afterwards compared his manners to those of Louis XIV., and his favourite, Charles II. Goldsmith, says... | |
 | Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1904 - 792 pages
...talk of the King as they will, but he is the " finest Gentleman I have ever seen.' And he after" wards observed to Mr. Langton, 'Sir, his manners " are those of as fine a Gentleman, as we may suppose " Louis the Fourteenth, or Charles the Second."' Independant of the effect necessarily produced on... | |
 | Edward Burrow - 1906 - 100 pages
...pleased with his Majesty's conversation and gracious behaviour. He said to Mr. Barnard, the librarian, " Sir, they may talk of the King as they will, but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen." VISIT TO UCHFIELD. After many years' absence, he, in 1767, passed three months in Lichfield. Again... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1906 - 374 pages
...; so that when George III had left him, Johnson in a state of jubilation said to the librarian : " Sir, they may talk of the King as they will, but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen." Later he remarked to his friend Bennet Langton in speaking of this interview with His Majesty : " Sir,... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1906 - 372 pages
...seen." Later he remarked to his friend Bennet Langton in speaking of this interview with His Majesty : " Sir, his manners are those of as fine a gentleman as we may suppose Louis the Fourteenth or Charles the Second " — a statement that led John Wilson Croker to write :... | |
 | Lewis Saul Benjamin - 1907 - 382 pages
...finest gentleman I have ever seen," the doctor said to Barnard, the librarian ; and supplemented this to Langton : " Sir, his manners are those of as fine a gentleman as we may suppose Louis the Fourteenth or Charles the Second." l This regal dignity was, however, not always sustained... | |
 | James Boswell - 1852
...room. After the king withdrew, Johnson showed himself highly pleased with his Majesty's conversation, and gracious behaviour. He said to Mr. Barnard, "Sir,...is the finest gentleman I have ever seen." And he afterwards observed to Mr. Langton, " Sir, his manners are those of as fine a gentleman as we may suppose... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 754 pages
...withdrew, Johnson showed himself highly pleased with his Majesty's conversation and gracious behavior. He said to Mr. Barnard, "Sir, they may talk of the...is the finest gentleman I have ever seen." And he afterwards observed to Mr. Langton, "Sir, his manners are those of as fine a gentleman as we may suppose... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 pages
...withdrew, Johnson showed himself highly pleased with his Majesty's conversation and gracious behavior. He said to Mr. Barnard, "Sir, they may talk of the...is the finest gentleman I have ever seen." And he afterwards observed to Mr. Langton, "Sir, his manners are those of as fine a gentleman as we may suppose... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 752 pages
...withdrew, Johnson showed himself highly pleased with his Majesty's conversation and gracious behavior. He said to Mr. Barnard, "Sir, they may talk of the...is the finest gentleman I have ever seen." And he afterwards observed to Mr. Langton, "Sir, his manners are those of as fine a gentleman as we may suppose... | |
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Sir, they may talk of the King as they will; but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen. 
