Servile and impertinent, shallow and pedantic, a bigot and a sot, bloated with family pride, and eternally blustering about the dignity of a born gentleman, yet stooping to be a talebearer, an eavesdropper, a common butt in the taverns of London... The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment - Seite 2071832Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - 1840 - 644 Seiten
...his Tour, he proclaimed to all the world, that at Edinburgh he was known by the appellation of Paoli Boswell. Servile and impertinent, — shallow and...butt in the taverns of London, — so curious to know everybody who was talked about, that, Tory and High Churchman as he was, he manoeuvred, we have been... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 516 Seiten
...his Tour, he proclaimed to all the world, that at Edinburgh he was known by the appellation of Paoli Boswell. Servile and impertinent,— shallow and pedantic,...butt in the taverns of London,— so curious to know everybody who wa's talked about, that, Tory and High Churchman as he was, he manoeuvred, we have been... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 410 Seiten
...he was known by the appellation ofPaoli Boswell. Servile and impertinent—shallow and pedantic—a bigot and a sot— bloated with family pride, and...butt in the taverns of London— so curious to know everybody who was talked about, that, Tory and High Churchman as he was, he manffiuvred, we have been... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 Seiten
...he proclaimed to all the world, that at Edinburgh' he was known by the appellation of Paoli BoivxS. " ! ! "F ! ! ! " \! " " " " " " know1 everybody who was talked about, that, Tory and ' High Churchman as he was, he manoeuvred, we... | |
| Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 Seiten
...his Tour, he proclaimed to all the world, that at Edinburgh he was known by the appellation of Paoli Boswell. Servile and impertinent — shallow and pedantic...talebearer, an eavesdropper, a common butt in the taveriis of London — so curious to know everybody who was talked about, that, Tory and High Churchman... | |
| Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 396 Seiten
...tour, he proclaimed to all the world, that 15 at Edinburgh, he was known by the appellation of Paoli Boswell. Servile and impertinent, shallow and pedantic,...to be a talebearer, an eaves-dropper, a common butt ia the taverns of London; so curious to know everybody 16 who was talked about, that, tory and high... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 764 Seiten
...he proclaimed to all the world, that at Edinburgh he was known by the appellation of Paalt Lostcell. Servile and impertinent — shallow and pedantic —...stooping to be a talebearer, an eavesdropper, a common L'utl in the taverns of London — so curious to know everybody who was talked about, that, Tory and... | |
| 1852 - 780 Seiten
...he proclaimed to all the world, that at Edinburgh he was known by the appellation of Paoli Botwell. W7 H ǭ:m 0 B T L ЦcI " ps ML<ԙ jaC "x b« a talebearer, an eavesdropper, a common butt in the taverns of London — so curious to know everybody... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1854 - 430 Seiten
...appellation of Paoli Boswell. Servile and impertinent— shallow and pedantic—a bigot and a sot—bloated with family pride, and eternally blustering about...talebearer, an eavesdropper, a common butt in the taverns of London—so curious to know everybody who was talked about, that, Tory and High Churchman as he was,... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1855 - 590 Seiten
...than blown away, no sooner blown away than forgotten." Here is James Boswell (or a piece of him) : " Servile and impertinent, shallow and pedantic, a bigot...eavesdropper, a common butt in the taverns of London," arc. After the bear-leader, the bear himself — with " his scrofula, hie St. Vitus's dance, his rolling... | |
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