 | John Milton - 1870 - 356 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...them ; why not, then, have some people above them ?' But Milton, republican as he was from the force of circumstances, and the unhappy times in which... | |
 | 1872 - 556 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...them ; why not then have some people above them?— Life af Johnson. [LAURENCE STERNE. 1713—1768.] THE DANGERS OF SATIRICAL WIT. TRUST me, this unwary... | |
 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 pages
...absurdity of the levelling doctrine. She has never liked me since. Sir, your levellers wish to level dmvn as far as themselves; but they cannot bear levelling...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 - 1874 - 602 pages
...Macaulay At Home to the Liplimenting Mrs. Macaulay upon her terati." history, and the manner of both gave your footman ; I desire that he may be allowed to...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... | |
 | ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 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...under them ; why not then have some people above them ? " Boswell mentioned a certain author who was very forward, showing no deference to noblemen into... | |
 | Jakob Olaus Løkke - 1875 - 556 pages
...wellbehaved fellow-citizen, your footman; I desire that he may be allowed to sit down and dine with us'. She has never liked me since. Sir, your levellers...them; why not then have some people above them?« 4. An animated debate took place whether Martinelli should continue his History of England to the present... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 346 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 ....author who disgusted me by his forwardness, and by showing no deference to noblemen into whose company he was admitted. Johnson: "Suppose a shoemaker... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 348 pages
...since. Sir, your levellers wish to level dowti as far as themselves; but they cannot bear levelling itp to themselves. They would all have some people under...author who disgusted me by his forwardness, and by showing no deference to noblemen into whose company he was admitted. Johnson: "Suppose a shoemaker... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1881 - 404 pages
...sayings was afterwards repeated almost word for word by Dr. Johnson. "Sir," said the latter to Boswell, "your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves,...under them ; why not then have some people above them ?" "This," says Selden, " is the juggling trick of the Parity, they would have nobody above them, but... | |
 | James Hay - 1884 - 400 pages
...do much, even where there is a necessity of doing something. — Letter to Barette. June 10, 1761. Levellers wish to level down as far as themselves;...under them ; why not then have some people above them? — Life. July 20, 1763. Detestation It is the peculiar condition of falsehood to Li°is be equally... | |
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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;... 
