 | Oliver Goldsmith - Natural history - 1854 - 614 pages
...is the finest gentleman I have ever seen." — " Sir," said he, subsequently, to Bennet Laugton, " his manners are those of as fine a gentleman as we...suppose Louis the Fourteenth or Charles the Second." While Johnson's face was still riidient with the reflex of royalty, he was holding forth one day to... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1860 - 496 pages
...the drawing-room. After the King withdrew, Johnson showed 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." At Sir Joshua Reynolds's, where a circle of Johnson's... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1860 - 960 pages
...the drawing-room. After the King withdrew, Johnson showed himself highly pleased with his Majesty's ing these ge Lewis the Fourteenth or Charles the Second." 4 At Sir Joshua Reynolds's, where a circle of Johnson's... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 pages
...the drawing-room. After the King withdrew, Johnson showed himself highly pleased with his Majesty's conversation, and gracious behaviour. He said to Mr....King as they will ; but he is the finest gentleman £ have ever seen." And he afterwards observed to Mr. Langton, " Sir, his manners are those of as fine... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1864 - 464 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... | |
 | James Ewing Ritchie - 1866 - 936 pages
...was enraptured, and swore there never was such a monarch. " Sir," said he, to the librarian at Kew, " they may talk of the king as they will, but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen." At one time, Louis XIV., Charles II., and George IV., were thought to be types of all that was exalted... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1867 - 578 pages
...will be remembered, was Dr. Johnson's observation after his celebrated interview with the King—" his manners are those of as fine a gentleman as we...suppose Louis the Fourteenth or Charles the Second." f Another eminent person, who at this time was admitted to a private audience with the King, and who... | |
 | Mary Elizabeth Braddon - English periodicals - 1868 - 664 pages
...right was delighted with the King's condescension and questions. He said afterwards to the librarian, " Sir, they may talk of the King as they will, but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen !" and to Mr. Langton be exclaimed enthusiastically, " Sir, his manners are those of as fine a gentleman as... | |
 | Washington Irving - Authors, Irish - 1868 - 486 pages
...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 we...suppose Louis the Fourteenth or Charles the Second." While Johnson's face was still radiant with the reflex of royalty, he was holding forth one day to... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1870 - 644 pages
...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 we...suppose Louis the Fourteenth or Charles the Second." While Johnson's face was still radiant with the reflex of royalty, he was holding forth one day to... | |
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Sir, they may talk of the King as they will ; but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen. 
