 | James Boswell - 1916 - 370 trang
...highly pleased with his Majesty's conversation, and gracious behavior. He said to Mr. Barnard, "Sir, they may talk of the King as they will ; but he 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... | |
 | 1917 - 722 trang
...sprachgebrauche steht will in dieser bedeutung positiv nur allein. Johnson bei Boswell (Prose Sei. p. 161). Sir, they may talk of the king as they will; but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen. Scott, Kenilworfh Ch. III. "Let them call is what they will", said Michael Lambourne, "it is the commodity... | |
 | James Boswell - 1923 - 372 trang
...pleased with his Majesty's conver-f-' sation, and gracious behaviour. He said to Mr. Barnard* "Sir, they may talk of the King as they will ; but he 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... | |
 | 1925 - 802 trang
...subjects observed, after a conversation in the library at the Queen's House in St. James's Park, "Sir, they may talk of the King as they will; but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen "; the master of Lord Chatham, of Lord North, of Mr. Pitt; the pupil of Lord Bute; the sovereign of... | |
 | Philip Guedalla - 1926 - 366 trang
...subjects observed, after a conversation in the library at the Queen's House in St. James's Park, "Sir, they may talk of the King as they will; but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen"; the master of Lord Chatham, of Lord North, of Mr. Pitt; the pupil of Lord Bute; the sovereign of Garrick... | |
 | John Drinkwater - 1928 - 448 trang
...country; Johnson took the hint, and proceeded to the "Lives of the Poets." "Sir," he said afterwards, "they may talk of the King as they will, but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen"; and again, "his manners are those of as fine a gentleman as we may suppose Louis the Fourteenth or... | |
 | Christopher Hollis - 1928 - 240 trang
...coached, and he acquitted himself surprisingly well. Johnson was delighted. " Sir," he said to Barnard, " they may talk of the King as they will ; but he is the finest gentleman that I have ever seen " ; and when, a few nights afterwards at Sir Joshua Reynolds's, they questioned... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1902 - 1190 trang
...an authority far higher, Dr. Johnson, who, after his first interview, said to Mr. Barnard, “Sir, they may talk of the King as they will, but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen.” He reiterated to his friends his admiration of the King's talents and charms, and his testimony is... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 696 trang
...with his Majesty's conversation, and gracious behaviour. He said to Mr Bernard (the librarian), " Sir, they may talk of the King as they will ; but he 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... | |
 | Tim Fulford - 1996 - 274 trang
...highly pleased with his Majesty's conversation and gracious behaviour. He said to Mr. Barnard, 'Sir, they may talk of the King as they will; but he 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... | |
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Sir, they may talk of the King as they will; but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen. 
