 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. 'When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited...rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address ; and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre1 ;... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. 'When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited...rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address ; and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la tcrre' ;... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. (' When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited...rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address ; and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre; —... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited...your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind,N by the enchantment of your address ; and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 pages
...accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. ' When upon some slight encouragement I first visited...Lordship, I was overpowered like the rest of mankind by your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainguieur itu 'vainguier... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 328 pages
...accustomed to favours from the Great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. When upon some slight encouragement I first visited...rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself le liainqueur an valnijueur de h la terre,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 350 pages
...accustomed to favours from the " great, 1 know not well how to receive, or in " what terms to acknowledge. " When upon some slight encouragement, " I first visited your Lordship, I was overpower" ed, like the rest of mankind, by the en" chantment of your address, and could not " forbear... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
...in what terms to acknowledge. " MY LORD, February 7, 1755. " When, upon some slight encouragement, 1 first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like...rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that 1 might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre ;—that... | |
 | John Watkins - Authors, English - 1808 - 768 pages
...accustomed to favour from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When upon some slight encouragement, I first visited...rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address ; and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself le vainqiteur du rainqueur de la, terre;... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 524 pages
...accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited...rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address; and could not forbear to wish that 1 might boast myself Le vainqueur du Tainqveur de la terre ; —... | |
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