 | 1821 - 372 pages
...citizen, your footman ; I desire that he may be allowed to sit down and dine with us.' I thus, sir, showed her the absurdity of the levelling doctrine. She has...under them ; why not then have some people above them ?" Boswell mentioned a certain author, who disgusted him by his forwardness, and by showing no deference... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 508 pages
...am convinced that all mankind are upon an equal footing ; and to give you an unquestionable prooŁ Madam, that I am in earnest, here is a very sensible,...have some people above them ? " I mentioned a certain authour who disgusted me by his forwardness, and by shewing no deference to noblemen into whose company... | |
 | James Boswell - 1824 - 454 pages
...that I am in earnest, here is a very sensible, civil, well-behaved fellow-citizen, your footman ; J desire that he may be allowed to sit down and dine...have some people above them ?" I mentioned a certain authour who disgusted me by hi.s forwardness, and by shewing no deference to noblemen into whose company... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, James Boswell - 1825 - 370 pages
...fellow-citizen, your footman ; I desire that he may be allowed to sit down and dine with us.' I thus, sir, showed her the absurdity of the levelling doctrine. She has...up to themselves. They would all have some people underthem ; why not then have some people above them?" A certain author was mentioned, who disgusted... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 440 pages
...fellow-citizen, your footman ; I desire that he may be allowed to sit down and dine with us.' I thus, sir, showed her the absurdity of the levelling doctrine. She has...author who disgusted me by his forwardness, and by showing no deference to noblemen into whose company he was admitted. JOHNSON. " Suppose a shoemaker... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 600 pages
...levelling doctrine. She has never liked me since. Sir, your levellers 1 [Sec ante, p. 74, note — ED.] wish to -level down as far as themselves ; but they...have some people above them ?" I mentioned a certain authour1 who disgusted me by his forwardness, and by showing no deference to noblemen into whose company... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 604 pages
...doctrine. She has never liked me since. Sir, your levellers 1 [Sec ante, p. 74, note — ED.] \vish to level down as far as themselves ; but they cannot...have some people above them ?" I mentioned a certain authour1 who disgusted me by his forwardness, and by showing no deference to noblemen into whose company... | |
 | William Bailey (A.B.) - 534 pages
...Mrs. Macaulay, whose levelling reveries he complimented with an acute and unanswerable refutation — "Levellers wish to level down as far as themselves;...under them ; why not then have some people above them" (Boswell's Life, Ann. 1763, yEtat. 54.). When therefore the possessors of rank and dignity, add fuel... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 378 pages
...unquestionable proof, Madam, that I am in earnest, here is a very sensible, civil, well-behaved fellow citizen, your footman; I desire that he may be allowed to sit...by his forwardness, and by shewing no deference to (1) This " one Mrs. Macaulay " was the same personage, who afterwards made herself so much known as... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 pages
...fellow-citizen, your footman; I desire that he may be allowed to sit down and dine with us.' I thus, sir, showed ted Mr. Johnson to his lordship, who politely said to authour 5 who disgusted me by his forwardness, and by showing no deference to noblemen into whose company... | |
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I am now become a convert to your way of thinking. I am convinced that all mankind are upon an equal footing; and to give you an unquestionable proof, Madam, that I am in earnest, here is a very sensible, civil, well-behaved fellowcitizen, your footman;... 
