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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... "
Boswell's Life of Johnson: Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into ... - Page 38
by James Boswell - 1786
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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

James Boswell - 1785 - 546 pages
...to you in fuch a manner, that when you parted, you would fay, this is an extraordinary man. Now,you may be long enough with me without finding any thing extraordinary." He faid, he believed Burke was intended for the law ; but either had not money enough to follow it, or...
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Excursions from Bath

Richard Warner - 1801 - 362 pages
...his sale. Johnson has observed of Burke, " that if you met " him for the first time in a street, when you " were stopped by a drove of oxen, and you " and he stepped aside but for a few minutes, " he'd talk to you in such a manner, that when " you parted, you would say,...
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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.

James Boswell - 1810 - 438 pages
...to somebody at the other end. Burke, sir, is such a man, that if you met him for the first time in a street where you were stopped by a drove of oxen,...you parted, you would say, this is an extraordinary man. Now, you may be long enough with me, without finding any thing extraordinary." He said, he believed...
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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson

James Boswell - 1813 - 484 pages
...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 sportive sallies of the moment, not justifying the encomium which they think with...
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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson

James Boswell - 1813 - 492 pages
...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...in such a manner, that, when you parted, you would pay, this is an extraordinary man. Now, }ou may be sportive sallies of the moment, not justifying the...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 33

1833 - 1006 pages
...he again gave the palm to his friend. "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 for shelter but for five minutes, he'd talk to you in such a manner, that when you parted, you would...
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The Life and Times of Frederick Reynolds, Volume 1

Frederick Reynolds - 1826 - 466 pages
...HOLIDAYS, AND GROWING IDEAS. "Burke, Sir, a such a man that if you met him for the first time, in a street, where you were stopped by a drove of oxen,...stepped aside to take shelter, but for five minutes, he would talk to you in such a manner, that, when you parted, you would say, this is an extraordinary...
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Memoir of the life and character of ... Edmund Burke; with specimens of his ...

sir James Prior - 1826 - 1108 pages
...England." " Burke, Sir," said he at another time, " ih 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 five minutes, he'd talk to you in such a manner that when you parted you would...
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The Life and Times of Frederick Reynolds, Volume 1

Frederick Reynolds - 1826 - 424 pages
...you in such a manner, that, when you parted, you would say, this is an extraordinary man. Now, Sir, you may be long enough with me, without finding any thing extraordinary." ISoswuLi.'s TOUR To THE HEBRIDES. PREVIOUSLY to the long vacation in August, my father and Lord Grandison...
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The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of a tour to ..., Volume 2

James Boswell - 1831 - 612 pages
...'11 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...stepped aside to take shelter but for five minutes, he 'd talk to you in such a manner, that, when you parted, you would say, this is an extraordinary...
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