 | Mary Francis Cusack - 1875 - 742 trang
...is such a man, that if you met him for the first time in the street, and conversed with him for not five minutes, he'd talk to you in such a manner, that, when you parted, you would say that is an extraordinary man.4 Some essays in imitation of Dr. Charles Lucas, and a translation of... | |
 | William Mathews - 1876 - 322 trang
...would kill me." At another time he said: "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...talk to you in such a manner, that when you parted you'd say — 'This is an extraordinary man.'" "Can he wind into a subject like a serpent, as Burke... | |
 | John Morley - 1879 - 242 trang
...wavered. "Burke," he said in a well-known passage, "is such a man that if you met him for the first time in the street, where you were stopped by a drove...you parted, you would say, This is an extraordinary man. He is never what we would call humdrum ; never unwilling to begin to talk, nor in haste to leave... | |
 | John Morley - 1879 - 256 trang
...wavered. " Burke," he said in a well-known passage, " is such a man that if you met him for the first time in the street, where you were stopped by a drove...you parted, you would say, This is an extraordinary man. He is never what we would call humdrum ; never unwilling to begin to talk, nor in haste to leave... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 348 trang
...he'll 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 drove...you parted you would say,' This is an extraordinary man.'"—Boswell. Johnson: "Never believe extraordinary characters which you hear of people. Depend... | |
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - 1882 - 638 trang
...celebrated remark, concerning him : " 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 stepped aside to take shelter for five minutes, he'd talk to you in such a manner that when you parted... | |
 | 1883 - 836 trang
...wavered. " Burke," he said in a well-known passage, '• is such a man that if you met him for the first time in the street, where you were stopped by a drove...you parted, you would say, This is an extraordinary man. He is never what we would call humdrum : never unwilling to begin to talk, nor in haste to leave... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 814 trang
...he'll 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 drove...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 believed... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 544 trang
...he'll 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 drove...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 believed... | |
 | Alexander Charles Ewald - 1884 - 668 trang
...England." " Burke, sir," said he on one occasion, "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 live minutes, he'd talk to you in such a manner that when you parted you would... | |
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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... 
