 | James Boswell - 1835 - 374 ページ
...the year after he was born. Dr. Johnson instantly corrected me. " Sir, don't you perceive that you are defaming the countess ? For, supposing me to be...present, very handsomely said, " Might not the son have justified the fault ? " My friend was much flattered by this compliment, which he never forgot. When... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 ページ
...the .year after he was born. Dr. Johnson instantly corrected me. " Sir, dou't you perceive that you ere informȠ 1 must have been her natural son." A 1 One of llie best critics of oar nge " does not wish to prevent... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1846 - 620 ページ
...the year after he was born. Dr. Johnson instantly corrected me. ' Sir, don't you perceive that you are defaming the Countess ? For, supposing me to be...present, very handsomely said, ' Might not the son have justified the fault!' My friend was much flattered by this compliment, which he never forgot. When... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1846 - 710 ページ
...the year after he was born. Dr. Johnson instantly corrected me. ' Sir, don't you perceive that you are defaming the Countess ? For, supposing me to be...her natural son.' A young lady of quality who was prwent, very handsomely said, ' Might not the son have justified the fault?' My friend was much flattered... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1845 - 524 ページ
...the year after he was born. Dr. Johnson instantly corrected me. * Sir, don't you perceive thai you are defaming the Countess '? For, supposing me to be her son, and that sbe was not married till the year after my birth, \ nni ,1 have been her natural son.7 A young Jady... | |
 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 ページ
...,the year after he was born. Dr. Johnson instantly corrected me. " Sir, don't you perceive that you are defaming the countess? For, supposing me to be...she was not married till the year after my birth, 1 must have been her natural son." A 64. 465 1 One of the best critics of our age " does not wish to... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 ページ
...the year after he was born. Dr. Johnson instantly corrected me. " Sir, don't you perceive that you little, ' The cause,' says he, ' is a natural one....indispensably necessary before a stranger can land. " Alight not the son have justiBed the fault?" My friend was much flattered by this compliment, which... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1849 - 628 ページ
...her eon, in consequence of hrr having been married the rected me. , Counter? For, виррачпс B6 ſ 7-h $ . 9 d 2mR炫 t k# Za ? , 5L0 JC A &9 пиы have been her ia'frcl COR.' Л young lady of quality who was présent, wry handsomely «aid,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1851 - 478 ページ
...married the year after he was born. Dr Johnson instantly corrected me. ' Sir, don't you perceive that you are defaming the Countess ? For, supposing me to be...present, very handsomely said, ' Might not the son have justified the fault ?' My friend was much flattered by this compliment, which be never forgot. When... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 528 ページ
...Dr. Johnson instantly corrected me. ' Sir, don't you perceive that you are defaming the Countess f For, supposing me to be her son, and that she was not married lilt the year after my birth, I must have been her natural son.' A young lady of quality who was present,... | |
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A young lady of quality, who was present, very handsomely said, ' Might not the son have justified the fault? 
