| James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...predominance of his private feelings in the composition of this work, than any now to be found in it. 't You know, Sir, Lord Gower forsook the old Jacobite...the printer had more wit than I, and struck it out." ' He thus defines Excise " A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges... | |
| James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...predominance of his private feelings in the composition of this work, than any now to be found in it. ' You know, Sir, Lord Gower forsook the old Jacobite interest. When I came to the word persons to whom he alludes were Mr. John Oldmixon and George Ducket, Esq. BOSWELL. Mr. Croker obtained... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...predominance of his private feelings in the composition of this work, than any now to be found in it. ' You know, Sir, Lord Gower forsook the old Jacobite interest. When I came to the word persons to whom he alludes were Mr. John Oldmixon and George Ducket, Esq. BOSWELL. Mr. Croker obtained... | |
| British essayists - 1802 - 220 pages
...BOSWELL another instance of his indulgence of private feelings, at the expense of living characters. " You know, Sir, Lord GOWER forsook the old Jacobite interest. When I came to the word Renegade, after telling that it meant one who deserts to the enemy, a revolter, I added, sometimes... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
...than any now to be found in it. " You know, Sir, Lord Gower forsook the old Jacobite interest. When 1 came to the word Renegado, after telling that it meant ' one who deserts to the enemy, a revolter, ' 1 added, Sometimes we say a GOWER. Thus it went to the press : but the printer had more wit than... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 410 pages
...BOSWELL another instance of his indulgence of private feelings, at the expense of living characters. " You know, Sir, Lord GOWER forsook the old Jacobite...I added, sometimes we say a GOWER. Thus it went to press : but the printer* had more wit than I, and struck it out." The same spirit of discontent with... | |
| James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...predominance of his private feelings in the composition of this work, than any now to be found in it. " You know, Sir, Lord Gower forsook the old Jacobite interest. When I came to the world Renegado, after telling that it meant ' one who deserts to the enemy, a revolter,' I added, Sometimes... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 382 pages
...predominance of his private feelings in the composition of this work, than any now to be found in it. ' You know, sir, lord Gower forsook the old Jacobite...the printer had more wit than I, and struck it out.' " On another occasion, this gentleman observes, " The London Chronicle, which was the only newspaper... | |
| James Boswell - 1820 - 442 pages
...found in it. " You know, Sir, Lord Gower forsook the old Jacobite interest. When I came to the world Renegado, after telling that it meant ' one who deserts...enemy, a revolter,' I added, Sometimes we say a GOWER. Thns it went to the press : but the printer had more wit than I, and struck it out." Let it however,... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 372 pages
...predominance of his private feelings in the composition of this work, than any now to be found in it. ' You know, sir, lord Gower forsook the old Jacobite interest. When I came to the word Itenegado, after telling that it meant " one who deserts to the enemy, a revolter," I added, "Sometimes... | |
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