 | Mrs. Edmund Boger - Southwark (London, England) - 1881 - 260 pages
...inkhorn and pen in his button-hole, like an exciseman ; and on being asked what he really considered to be the value of the property which was to be disposed...potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice." It was Johnson, therefore, who assisted in transferring this vast concern from his friend Thrale to... | |
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - Anecdotes - 1882 - 638 pages
...his friend Thrale's brewery, what be considered to be the value of the property, Johnson replied, " We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats,...potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice." Mr. Windham had been appointed secretary to the lord lieutenant of Ireland, and doubted whether he... | |
 | Noah Porter - Philosophy - 1882 - 528 pages
...reminds us of the sonorous language of Johnson when seeking a purchaser for Mr. Thrale's brewery : " We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats,...potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice." But let us follow Mr. Mill. When we come back to the white paper, ie, to " the permanent possibility... | |
 | Famous people - 1883 - 552 pages
...button-hole, like an exciseman, and on being asked what he really considered to be the value of the property to be disposed of, answered, " We are not here to...potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice." Mrs. Thrale left Streatham, and Johnson had to leave it also. Some little unpleasantness now arose... | |
 | Karl Baedeker (Firm) - London (England) - 1883 - 488 pages
...occasion of the sale, which he attended as an executor, though often quoted, are worthy of repetition : 'We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats,...potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.' Two vats are shown, each of which can contain 3300 barrels of liquor. The water used in brewing is... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Slavery - 1883 - 426 pages
...Collector. You know the rest. Dr. Johnson, acting as executor in selling the distillery of Mr. Thrale, said: "We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats,...potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice." 1 If the President did not use the sounding phrase of the great English moralist, it is evident that... | |
 | Addison Peale Russell - English literature - 1883 - 378 pages
...sale of Thrale's brewery, the value of the property to be disposed of : " We are not here," he said, " to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice." Who, but Johnson, in his most comfortable and self-satisfied mood, could have said it ? Having asked... | |
 | African Americans - 1883 - 418 pages
...that when the sale of Thrales' Brewery was going forward, Johnson was asked what he really considered to be the value of the property which was to be disposed of. He replied, "We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing... | |
 | John Shenton Bright - Dorking (England) - 1884 - 436 pages
...inkhorn, and a pen in his button hole, like an exciseman," and on being asked what he really considered the value of the property which was to be disposed...potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice." The Barclay family traces its descent from Alexander de Berclay, circa 1326, who is described as holding... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 pages
...brewery, then about to be disposed of to Barclay and Perkins, he returned the memorable answer: "Sir, we are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats,...potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice." Well, sir, I will acknowledge that I have a better opinion of him than I once had, for he has shown... | |
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Johnson appeared bustling about, with an ink-horn and pen in his buttonhole, like an exciseman; and on being asked what he really considered to be the value of the property, which was to be disposed of, answered, " We are not here to sell a parcel of... 
