 Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated, and, recollecting his prejudice against the Scotch, of which I had heard much, I said to Davies, "Don't tell where I come from." "From Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly....  The Ladies' Companion - Seite 1631861Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | George Mallory - 1912 - 364 Seiten
...This was apparently a disastrous beginning, and something must be done to retrieve the position. ' " Mr. Johnson," said I, " I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it." ' It was rash indeed to originate the conversation and not less typical of Boswell for that. But a... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 944 Seiten
...[200 said to Davies, "Don't tell where I come from." — "From Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. "Mr. Johnson (said I), I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it." I am willing to flatter myself that I meant this as light pleasantry to soothe and conciliate him, and not as an humiliating... | |
 | James Boswell - 1916 - 370 Seiten
...much, I said to Davies, "Don't tell where I come from." — "From Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. "Mr. Johnson, (said I) I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it." I am willing to flatter myself that I meant this as light pleasantry to soothe and conciliate him, and not as an humiliating... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 964 Seiten
..."Mr. Johnson (said I), I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it." I am willing to flatter raneous music, like the noise Of bagpipers on distant Highland hills. The Shepherd, a an humiliating abasement at the expense of my country. But however that might be, this speech was somewhat... | |
 | Martha Hale Shackford, Margaret Judson - 1917 - 662 Seiten
...much, I said to Davies, "Don't tell him where I come from." "From Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. "Mr. Johnson (said I), I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it." I am willing to flatter myself that I meant this as light pleasantry to soothe and conciliate him, and not as an humiliating... | |
 | Roy Bennett Pace - 1917 - 536 Seiten
...I said to Davies, "Don't tell where I come from." — "From 30 Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. "Mr. Johnson," said I, "I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it." I am willing to flatter myself that I meant this a slight pleasantry to soothe and conciliate him, and not as a humiliating... | |
 | Roy Bennett Pace - 1918 - 986 Seiten
...I said to Davies, "Don't tell where I come from." — "From 20 Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. "Mr. Johnson," said I, "I do indeed come from Scotland,...it." I am willing to natter myself that I meant this a slight pleasantry to soothe and conciliate him, and not as a humiliating abasement at the expense... | |
 | Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) - 1918 - 578 Seiten
...much. ' In Patriotic Poetry: Greek and Englith, pp. 14-22, 97-99. where we are met to-night), to say "Mr. Johnson (said I), I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it "; to which Johnson's reply is equally famous "That, Sir, I find, is what a very great many of your... | |
 | Sydney Castle Roberts - 1919 - 210 Seiten
...much, I said to Davies, 'Don't tell where I come from.' — 'From Scotland,' cried Davies roguishly. 'Mr Johnson, (said I) I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.' I am willing to flatter myself that I meant this as light pleasantry to sooth and conciliate him, and not as an humiliating... | |
 | Sir Henry John Newbolt - 1922 - 1032 Seiten
...much, I said to Davies, " Don't tell where I come from."—" From Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. " Mr. Johnson, (said I) I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it." I am willing to flatter myself that I meant this as light pleasantry to soothe and conciliate him, and not as an humiliating... | |
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