 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 strani
...of the levelling doctrine. She has never likecV me since. Sir, your levellers wish to level rfotcn as far as themselves; but they cannot bear levelling...have some people above them?" I mentioned a certain authour :> who disgusted me by his forwardness, and by showing- no deference to noblemen into whose... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 374 strani
...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...people above them ?" I mentioned a certain author (2) who disgusted me by his forwardness, and by shewing no deference to ( 1 ) This " one Mrs. Maeaulay... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 strani
...ht>rs"!f so much known as " Ihr d*lt lemuie historian." — BOSWELL. Sec ante, p. 78. n. 3. 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. i "Suppose a shoemaker... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1849 - 634 strani
...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...people above them." I mentioned a certain author who <fegusted me by his forwardness, and by showing no deference to noblemen into whose company he was... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 650 strani
...your footuiau ; I desire that he may be allowed to sit down and dine with us.1 I thus, sir, showed her the absurdity of the levelling doctrine. She has...under them ; why not then have some people above them 1" — BOSWELL. Life of Johnson. QUACKERY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. — In the course of my life... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1856 - 596 strani
...of Selden, and one of his own most celebrated dicta was borrowed from it. 'Sir,' said he to Boswell, 'your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves...under them ; why not then have some people above them ? ' ' This,' said Selden, ' is the juggling trick of the parity, — they would have nobody above them,... | |
 | William Chambers - 1858 - 378 strani
...that he may be allowed to sit down and dine with us." I thus, sir, shewed her the absurdity of her levelling doctrine. She has never liked me since....under them; why not, then, have some people above them ? ' their voices heard through a system of representation, there constitutional forms will to all appearance... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 strani
...known as "the c-lcbrated female historian." — BOSWELL. See unit', p. 78. n. 3. — C. Sir, showed [the n( / showing no deference to noblemen into whose company he was admitted. JOHNSON. "Suppose a shoemaker... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 strani
...C. Sir, showed her the absurdity of the levelling doctrine. She has never liked me since. Sir, jour levellers wish to level down as far as themselves...have some people above them ? " I mentioned a certain auhor who disgusted me by his forwardness, arxl by showing no deference to noblemen into wlose company... | |
 | George Oliver - 1867 - 412 strani
...— 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 ?" ous in the promotion of brotherly love in the lodge, of relief out of the lodge, and of truth always... | |
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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;... 
