...meat. I would have knocked the factious dogs on the head, to be sure; but I was not vexed.' BOSWELL. 'I declare, Sir, upon my honour, I did imagine I was...may talk as other people do: you may say to a man, "Sir, I am your most humble servant." You are not his most humble servant. You may say, "These are...

...knowledge and truth, which won the allegiance of his hearers. " My dear friend," he once said to Boswell, " clear your mind of cant. You may talk as other people do ; you may say to a man, ' Sir, I am your most humble servant.' You are not his most humble servant. . . . You tell a man, '...

...knowledge and truth, which won the allegiance of his hearers. " My dear friend," he once said to Boswell, " clear your mind of cant. You may talk as other people do ; you may say to a man, ' Sir, I am your most humble servant.' You are not his most humble servant. . . . You tell a man, '...

...the head, to be sure; but I was not vexed.” BOSWELL: “I declare, Sir, upon my honour, I did not imagine I was vexed and took a pride in it; but it...mind of cant. You may talk as other people do: you Chatham, Lord Holland, and he should each have had a son so superior to their fathers. Croker. 1 Let...

...Boswell, who had been canting fluently about his anxiety and vexation at the state of his country : "My dear friend, clear your mind of cant You may talk as other people do : you may say to a man, 'Sir, I am your most humble servant.' You are not his most humble servant. You may say, 'These are...

...suffer vexation if he were in Parliament and saw things going wrong: That's cant, sir. [said Johnson] Clear your mind of cant. You may talk as other people do : you may say to a man, " Sir, I am your most humble servant." You are not his most humble servant. You may say, " These are...

...of the English language, made this distinction to his lawyer, friend and biographer, James Boswell: My dear friend, clear your mind of cant. You may talk as other people do: you may say to a man, "Sir, I am your most humble servant." You are not his most humble servant. You may say, "These are...

...the English language, made this distinction to his lawyer, friend and biographer, James Boswell: fly dear friend, clear your mind of cant. You may talk as other people do: you may say to a man, "Sir, I am your most humble servant." You are not his most humble servant. You may say, "These are...

...of the English language, made this distinction to his lawyer, friend and biographer, James Boswell: My dear friend, clear your mind of cant. You may talk as other people do: you may say to a man, "Sir, I am your most humble servant." You are not his most humble servant. You may say, "These are...

...of the English language, made this distinction to his lawyer, friend and biographer, James Boswell: My dear friend, clear your mind of cant. You may talk as other people do: you may say to a man, "Sir, I am your most humble servant." You are not his most humble servant. You may say, "These are...