 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 348 pages
...since. Sir, your levellers wish to level dowti as far as themselves; but they cannot bear levelling itp to themselves. They would all have some people under...have some people above them?" I mentioned a certain author who disgusted me by his forwardness, and by showing no deference to noblemen into whose company... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1881 - 404 pages
...afterwards repeated almost word for word by Dr. Johnson. "Sir," said the latter to Boswell, "your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves, but they...under them ; why not then have some people above them ?" "This," says Selden, " is the juggling trick of the Parity, they would have nobody above them, but... | |
 | 1881 - 314 pages
...Dr. Johnson shewed her the absurdity of her levelling doctrine. " He adds — ' Sir ! Your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves, but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves.' In the course of the interview the Doctor had offered to invite her footman, whom he described as '... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1882 - 526 pages
...they would have nobody under them." [Borrowed by Dr. Johnson when he said to Boswell, " Your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves ; but they...bear levelling up to themselves. They would all have somc people under them; why not then have some people above them?"] " Sermons. " First, in your sermons... | |
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - Anecdotes - 1882 - 638 pages
...— that her footman should sit down at table with them : " Sir, your levellers wish to level rlown as far as themselves, but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves." a reciprocal pleasure in governing and in being governed." Selden remarked during the Civil War, "... | |
 | Gustave H. Doret - 1883 - 172 pages
...your levellers wish to level down (8) as far as themselves ; but they cannot bear levelling up (9) to themselves. They would all have some people under them ; why not then have some people above them ? — BonveU's "Life of Johnson." (I) Agir envers. (2) Envers. (3) If I were. (4) Prendre. (5) Parler... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pages
...which a Scotchman ever sees is the liigh-road that leads him to England. An. 1763. Sir, your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves ; but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves. Ibid. If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, sir, when... | |
 | James Hay - Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 - 1884 - 400 pages
...even where there is a necessity of doing something. — Letter to Barette. June 10, 1761. Levellers wish to level down as far as themselves; but they...under them ; why not then have some people above them? — Life. July 20, 1763. Detestation It is the peculiar condition of falsehood to Li°is be equally... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 pages
...absurdity of the levelling doctrine. She has never liked me since. Sir, your levellers wish to level dawn as far as themselves ; but they cannot bear levelling...under them ; why not then have some people above them ? " Boswell mentioned a certain author who disgusted him by his forwardness, and by showing no deference... | |
 | James Macaulay - Biography & Autobiography - 1884 - 172 pages
...sir, showed the absurdity of the levelling doctrine. She has never liked me since. Sir, your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves ; but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves." • PLAYERS. ALTHOUGH Johnson had great "^^ regard for Garrick personally, he often spoke with contempt... | |
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I thus, Sir, showed her the absurdity of the levelling doctrine. She has never liked me since. Sir, your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves; but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves. They would all have some people under them; why... 
