 | Sir James Prior - 1891 - 648 pages
...fellow calls forth all mv powers. Were I to see Burke now it would kill me." " Burke," added he again, " is the only man whose common conversation corresponds...whatever topic you please, he is ready to meet you." Often did he repeat, " That no man of sense could meet Mr. Burke by accident under a gateway to avoid... | |
 | Theodore Claudius Pease - 1894 - 244 pages
...of his wisdom and suggestiveness, reminds one of Shakespeare. " He is the only man," said Johnson, " whose common conversation corresponds with the general fame which he has in the world. No man of sense could meet Burke by accident under a gateway to avoid a shower without being convinced... | |
 | Lorenzo Sears - 1895 - 458 pages
...atmosphere his conversational powers found a field of distinction indicated by Dr. Johnson when he said, "Burke is the only man whose common conversation corresponds with the general fame he has in the world. His talk is perpetual, not from desire of distinction, but because his mind is... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1896 - 242 pages
..."He is the only man, " said he, at a later period, when Burke was at the zenith of his reputation, "whose common conversation corresponds with the general fame which he has in the world. Take him up where you please, he is ready to meet you. " "No man of sense,'' he said, "could meet Burke... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1897 - 266 pages
..."He is the only man, " said he, at a later period, when Burke was at the zenith of his reputation, "whose common conversation corresponds with the general fame which he has in the world. Take him up where you please, he is ready to meet you. " "No man of sense," he said, "could meet Burke by... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 pages
...perceiving any particular power of mind in them in conversation. ' It seems strange,' said he, ' that a man should see so far to the right, who sees so...whatever topic you please, he is ready to meet you." " A gentleman, by no means deficient in literature, having discovered less acquaintance with one of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 546 pages
...perceiving any particular power of mind in them in conversation. ' It seems strange (said he,) that a man should see so far to the right, who sees so...conversation corresponds with the general fame which he had in the world. Take up whatever topick you please, he is ready to meet you."1 " A gentleman, by... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1902 - 316 pages
...deep learning. " I have learned more from him," said Fox, "than from all the books I ever read." " Take up whatever topic you please he is ready to meet you," was Dr. Johnson's testimony to his wide culture. To the electors of Bristol he once gave this manly... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 726 pages
...perceiving any particular power of mind in them in conversation. ' 'Itseems strange (said he,) that a man should see so far to the right, who sees so...general fame which he has in the world. Take up whatever topick you please, he is ready to meet you."' 'A gentleman, by no means deficient in literature, having... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1905 - 156 pages
...one of the few men whom Dr. Johnson respected as equals. Boswell records that Dr. Johnson said : " Burke is the only man whose common conversation corresponds...whatever topic you please, he is ready to meet you." 1 In 1759 Burke became connected as a sort of private secretary with William Gerard Hamilton, known... | |
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He used frequently to observe that men might be very eminent in a profession, without our perceiving any particular power of mind in them in conversation. ' It seems strange,' said he, ' that a man should see so far to the right, who sees so short a way... 
