 | Sir James Prior - 1824 - 618 pages
...of strangers might be oppressive to him. " No, Sir," said the dying moralist, " it is not so ; and I must be in a wretched state indeed, when your company would not be a delight to me." He followed him to the grave as a mourner ; and in contemplating his character, applied to it a fine... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1824 - 910 pages
...afraid, sir, such a number of us may be oppressive to you.' < No, sir, (said Johnson) it is not so; and I must be in a wretched state indeed, when your company would not be a delight to me .'Mr. Burke, in a tremulous voice, expressive of being very tenderly affected, replied, plii-il. •... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1826 - 444 pages
...sir, such a number of us may be oppressive to you.' — ' No, sir,' said Johnson, ' it is not so ; and I must be in a wretched state indeed, when your company would not be a delight to me.' Mr. Burke, in a tremulous voice, expressive of being very tenderly affected, replied, ' My dear sir,... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1831 - 600 pages
...sir, such a number of us may be oppressive to you.' — ' No, sir,' said Johnson, ' it is not so ; and I must be in a wretched state indeed when your company would not be a delight to me.' Mr. Burke, in a tremulous voice, expressive of being very tenderly affected, replied, ' My dear sir,... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1831 - 570 pages
...sir, such a number of us may be oppressive to you.' — ' No, sir,' said Johnson, ' it is not so ; and I must be in a wretched state indeed when your company would not be a delight to me.' Mr. Burke, in a tremulous voice, expressive of being very tenderly affected, replied, ' My dear sir,... | |
 | Art - 1832 - 592 pages
...remarked, that the presence of a friend might be irksome to him, replied, " Sir, you are in error : I must be in a wretched state, indeed, when your company would not delight me." In 1786, Burke entered on one of the most eventful tasks of his whole political life —... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 456 pages
...Sir, such a number of us may be oppressive to you.' — ' No, Sir,' said Johnson, ' it is not so ; and I must be in a wretched state indeed when your company would not be a delight to me.' Mr. Burke, in a tremulous voice, expressive of being very tenderly affected, replied, ' My dear Sir,... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1839 - 646 pages
...of strangers might be oppressive to him. " No, Sir," said the dying moralist, " it is not so ; and I must be in a wretched state indeed, when your company would not be a delight to me." He followed him to the grave as a mourner ; and in contemplating his character, applied to it a fine... | |
 | James Boswell - 1843 - 588 pages
...sir, such a number of us may be oppressive to you.' — ' No, sir,' said Johnson, ' it is not so; and I must be in a wretched state indeed when your company would not be a delight to me.' Mr. Burke, in a tremulous voice, expressive of being very tenderly affected, replied, ' My dear sir,... | |
 | Henry Francis Cary - Poets, English - 1846 - 436 pages
...fear that so large a number might be oppressive to him, " No, Sir," said Johnson, " it is not so ; and I must be in a wretched state, indeed, when your company would not be a delight to me." Burke's voice trembled, when he replied, " My dear Sir, you have always been too good to me." These... | |
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I am afraid, Sir, such a number of us may be oppressive to you.' — ' No, Sir,' said Johnson, ' it is not so ; and I must be in a wretched state indeed when your company would not be a delight to me. 
