 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1923 - 372 pages
...real civility: for you know he lives among savages in Scotland, and among rakes in London." WILKES. "Except when he is with grave, sober, decent people,...and me." JOHNSON, (smiling) "And we ashamed of him." Mr. Burke gave me much credit for this successful negotiation; and pleasantly said, "that there was... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland - American literature - 1926 - 1746 pages
...real civility : for you know he lives among savages in Scotland, and among rakes in London." WILKES. "Except when he is with grave, sober, decent people...and me" JOHNSON, (smiling,) "And we ashamed of him." LAURENCE STERNE (1713-1768) From TRISTRAM SHANDY The Story of Le Fever Lieutenant Le Fever is a poor... | |
 | James Boswell - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 450 pages
...see real civility. For you know he lives among savages at home, and among rakes in London.' WILKES. 'Except when he is with grave, sober, decent people like you and me.' JOHNSON. 'And we ashamed of him.' WILKES. 'Boswell, you have kept a great deal of bad company.' After dinner... | |
 | Greg Harkin - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 340 pages
...real civility: for you know he lives among savages in Scotland, and among rakes in London.' WILKES. 'Except when he is with grave, sober, decent people...and me.' JOHNSON, (smiling) 'And we ashamed of him.' (Life 3:77) Boswell fashions this climax, which feels inevitable in its every nuance, out of inchoate... | |
 | Peter Martin - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 644 pages
...see real civility. For you know he lives among savages at home, and among rakes in London.' WILKES: 'Except when he is with grave, sober, decent people like you and me.' JOHNSON: 'And we ashamed of him.' WILKES: 'Boswell, you have kept a great deal of bad company.' When they got... | |
 | Arthur H. Cash - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 496 pages
...real civility: for you know he lives among savages in Scotland, and among rakes in London.' Wilkes: 'Except when he is with grave, sober, decent people...and me.' Johnson: (smiling) 'And we ashamed of him.' "7 The next day Johnson wrote to Mrs. Thrale, "I dined yesterday in the Poultry with Mr. Alderman Wilkes,... | |
 | 1905 - 314 pages
...civility ; for, you know, he lives among savages in Scotland and among rakes in London." WILKES : " Except when he is with grave, sober, decent people...me." JOHNSON (smiling): " And we ashamed of him." Of the Irish, by the way, Johnson professed to have a good opinion, which he expressed in the following... | |
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You must know, Sir, I lately took my friend Boswell and shewed him genuine civilised life in an English provincial town. I turned him loose at Lichfield, my native city, that he might see for once real civility: for you know he lives among savages in... 
