 to my country, and he fetched me some letter of recommending him; but I was of the belief he might be an impostor, and I supposed, in my minte, he was an espy ; for I look away from him, and in a moment I look to him again, and I behold his tablets....  The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist - Seite 4101842Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 Seiten
...by Paoli to Miss Burney, shows that very early in life Boswell took out his tablets : — ' He came to my country, and he fetched me some letter of recommending him ; but I was of the belief he might be an impostor, and I supposed in my minte he was an espy; for I look... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 Seiten
...by Paoli to Miss Burney, shows that very early in life Boswell took out his tablets : — ' He came to my country, and he fetched me some letter of recommending him ; but I was of the belief he might be an impostor, and I supposed in my minte he was an espy ; for I look... | |
 | Fanny Burney - 1842 - 460 Seiten
...pleasing man, tall and genteel in his person, remarkably well bred, and very mild and soft in his manners. I will try to give you a little specimen of his conversation,...he fetched me some letter of recommending him; but I was of the belief he might be an impostor, and I supposed, in my minte, he was an espy ; for I look... | |
 | Fanny Burney - 1842 - 444 Seiten
...pleasing man, tall and genteel in his person, remarkably well bred, and very mild and soft in his manners. I will try to give you a little specimen of his conversation,...he fetched me some letter of recommending him; but I was of the belief he might be an impostor, and I supposed, in my minte, he was an espy ; for I look... | |
 | Fanny Burney - 1842 - 662 Seiten
...man, tall and genteel in his person, remarkably well bred, and very mild and soft in his manners. 1 will try to give you a little specimen of his conversation,...unpretty. Speaking of his first acquaintance with Mr. Bos well, — " He came," he said, " to my country, and he fetched me some letter of recommending him... | |
 | 1892 - 890 Seiten
...reverse of friendly. He afterwards described his first impression to Miss Burney at Streatham : " He came to my country, and he fetched me some letter of recommending him ; but I was of the belief that he might be an impostor, and I supposed in my mind he was an espy ; for I... | |
 | Fanny Burney - 1784 - 636 Seiten
...pleasing man, tall and genteel in his person, remarkably well bred, and very mild and soft in his manners. I will try to give you a little specimen of his conversation,...he fetched me some letter of recommending him : but I was of the belief he might be an impostor, and I supposed, in my minte, he was an espy ; for I look... | |
 | Fanny Burney - 1890 - 482 Seiten
...pleasing man, tall and genteel in his person, remarkably welf bred, and very mild and soft in his manners. I will try to give you a little specimen of his conversation,...he fetched me some letter of recommending him ; but I was of the belief he 1 Pasquale Paoli, the famous Corsican general and patriot. He maintained the... | |
 | David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1892 - 556 Seiten
...friendly. He afterwards described his first impression to Miss Burney at Streatham : — " He came to my country, and he fetched me some letter of recommending him ; but I was of the belief that he might be an impostor, and I supposed in my mind he was an espy ; for I... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1896 - 266 Seiten
...record, by Miss Burney, of the account he gave her of Boswell's visit to him in Corsica : " He came to my country, and he fetched me some letter of recommending him ; but I was of the belief that he might be an impostor, and I supposed in my minte he was an espy ; for I... | |
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