 | 1842 - 300 pages
...pleased with his majesty's conversation and gracious behaviour. To Mr. Barnard, the librarian, he said, " Sir, they may talk of the king as they will, but he...gentleman I have ever seen." And he afterwards observed, " His manners are those of as fine a gentleman as we may suppose Louis the Fourteenth, or Charles the... | |
 | People - 1845 - 346 pages
...the drawing-room. After the king withdrew, Johnson shewed himself highly pleased with his majesty's conversation and gracious behaviour. He said to Mr...." Sir, they may talk of the king as they will; but ho is the finest gentleman I have ever seen." And he afterwards observed to Mr. Langton " Sir, his... | |
 | Henry Francis Cary - 1846 - 564 pages
...the drawing-room. After the King withdrew, Johnson shewed himself highly pleased with his Majesty's conversation and gracious behaviour. He said to Mr....are those of as fine a gentleman as we may suppose Lewis the Fourteenth, or Charles the Second." Nothing in this conversation betrays symptoms of that... | |
 | James Boswell - Biography - 1846 - 602 pages
...first idea of the moat popular and entertaining of all ILK works, " The Lives of the Poets." —&>.] conversation and gracious behaviour. He said to Mr....will ; but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen'V And he afterwords observed to Mr. Langton, " Sir, his manners are those of as fine a gentleman... | |
 | Henry Francis Cary - Poets, English - 1846 - 462 pages
...the drawing-room. After the Kin<r withdrew, Johnson shewed himself highly pleased with his Majesty's conversation and gracious behaviour. He said to Mr. Barnard, " Sir, they may talk of the Kingas they will ; but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen." And he afterwards observed to... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1848 - 1798 pages
...After the King withdrew, Johnson showed himself highlv pleased with his Majesty's conversation, am: gracious behaviour. He said to Mr. Barnard " Sir,...as they will but he is the finest gentleman I have eve: seen." And he afterwards observed U> Mr Langton, " Sir, his manners are those of a fine a gentleman... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1849 - 634 pages
...firm manly manner. After the King withdrew, Johnson showed himself highly pleased with his Majesty's conversation and gracious behaviour. He said to Mr....but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen." 'At Sir Joshua Reynold's, a circle of friends collected round him to hear his account of the interview... | |
 | Washington Irving - Biography & Autobiography - 1849 - 406 pages
...with the conversation of the King and with his gracious behavior. " Sir," said he to the librarian, " they may talk of the King as they will, but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen." — " Sir," said he subsequently to Bennet Langton, " his manners are those of as fine a gentleman... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 400 pages
...with the conversation of the King and with his gracious behavior. " Sir," said he to the librarian, " they may talk of the King as they will, but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen." — " Sir," said he subsequently to Bennet Langton, "his manners are those of as fine a gentleman as... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1851 - 402 pages
...with the conversation of the King and with his gracious behavior. "Sir," said he to the librarian, " they may talk of the King as they will, but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen." — " Sir," said he subsequently to Bennet Langton, " his manners are those of as fine a gentleman... | |
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Sir, they may talk of the King as they will ; but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen. 
