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" I am willing to flatter myself that I meant this as light pleasantry to soothe and conciliate him, and not as an humiliating abasement at the expense of my country. But however that might be, this speech was somewhat unlucky; for, with that quickness... "
The Ladies' Companion - Seite 163
1861
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The Oxford Book of English Prose

Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1925 - 1262 Seiten
...to soothe and conciliate him, and not as an humiliating abasement at the expence of my country. But however that might be, this speech was somewhat unlucky...was so remarkable, he seized the expression ' come from_ Scotland ', which I used in the sense of being of that country ; and, as if I had said that I...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson

James Boswell - 1928 - 670 Seiten
...to soothe and conciliate him, and not as an humiliating abasement at the expence of my country. But however that might be, this speech was somewhat unlucky;...the expression " come from Scotland," which I used 1 Mr. Murphy in his " Essay on the Life and Genius of Dr. Johnson," has given an accotuit of this meeting...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1820 - 544 Seiten
...abasement at the expense of my country. But however that might be, this speech was somewhat unluckly; for with that quickness of wit for which he was so...sense of being of that country ; and, as if I had said I had come away from it, or left it, retorted, " That, Sir, I find, is what a very great many of your...
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