 | James Boswell - 1858 - 464 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 he never forgot. When... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1860 - 476 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 he never forgot. When... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 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 justiBed the fault?" My friend was much flattered by this compliment, which he never forgot. When in... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1863 - 384 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...was present, very handsomely said, ' Might not the sou have justified the fault ? ' My friend was much flattered by this compliment, which he never forgot.... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1863 - 394 ページ
...me. 'Sir, don't you perceive that you are defaming the Conntesa ? For, supposing me to be her sou, and that she was not married till the year after my birth, I must have been her ludural son.' A young lady of quality who wns present, very handsomely said, * Might not the son have... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1868 - 748 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 tho fault?' My friend was much flattered by this compliment, which he never forgot. When... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 346 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... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1879 - 418 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... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 348 ページ
...the year after he was born. Dr. Johnson instantly corrected me, " Sir, doii't you perceive that you are defaming the countess? For, supposing me to be...year after my birth, I must have been her natural SOD." A young lady of quality who was present very handsomely said, "Might not the son have justified... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 544 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...been her natural son." A young lady ' of quality, 1 Probably one of the Ladies Lindsay, daughters of the Earl of Balcarres. — Walter Scott. One of... | |
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A young lady of quality, who was present, very handsomely said, ' Might not the son have justified the fault? 
