 Paris with universal applause for several nights together, there is a character of a rough Englishman, who is represented as quite unskilled in the graces of conversation ; and his dialogue consists almost entirely of a repetition of the common salutation...  Select British Classics - Strona 1791803Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Mr. Town - 1767 - Liczba stron: 296
...Our nation has, indeed, been generally fuppofed to be of a fullen and uncommunicative difpofitionj while, on the other hand, the loquacious French have been allowed to poflefs the art of converfing beyond all other people. The Englijbman requires to be wound up frequently,... | |
 | 1774 - Liczba stron: 298
...Our nation has, indeed, been generally fuppofed to be of a fullen and uncommunicative difpofition ; while, on the other hand, the loquacious French have been allowed to poflefs the art of converfing beyond all other people. The Englishman requires to be wound up frequently,... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - Liczba stron: 260
...his dialogue consists almost entirely of a repetition of the common salutation of how do you do ? Our nation has indeed, been generally supposed to be of...Englishman requires to be wound up frequently, and stops as soon as he is down ; but the Frenchman runs on in a continued alarum. Yet it must be acknowledged,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - Liczba stron: 484
...his dialogue consists almost entirely of a repetition of the common salutation of how do you do ? Our nation has indeed, been generally supposed to be of a sullen and uncommunicative disposition; while, ^n the other hand, the loquacious French have been allowed to possess the art of conversing beyond... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - Liczba stron: 456
...consists almost entirely of a repetition of the common salutation of—How do you do, how do you do? Our nation has indeed been generally supposed to be of...other people. The Englishman requires to be wound up fro quently, and stops very soon; but the Frenchman runs on in a continued alarum. Yet it must be acknowledged,... | |
 | William Hayley - 1805 - Liczba stron: 222
...consists almost entirely of a repetition of the common salutation of, How do you do ? how do you do ? Our nation has, indeed, been generally supposed to be...possess the art of conversing beyond all other people. Tile Englishman requires to be wound up frequently, and steps very soon ; but the Frenchman runs on... | |
 | William Hayley - 1806 - Liczba stron: 488
...almosts entirely of a repetition of the common salutation of—" How do you do ?—How do you do ?" Our nation has indeed been generally supposed to be of...Englishman requires to be wound up frequently, and stops ^ ery soon ; but the Frenchman runs on in a continued alarum. Yet it must be acknowledged, that as... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - Liczba stron: 268
...his dialogue consists almost entirely of a repetition of the common salutation of how do you do ? Our nation has indeed, been generally supposed to be of...Englishman requires to be wound up frequently, and stops as soon as he is down; but the Frenchman runs on in a continual alarum. Yet it must be acknowledged,... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - Liczba stron: 358
...his dialogue consists almost entirely of a repetition of the common salutation of how do you ? Our nation has, indeed, been generally supposed to be...Englishman requires to be wound up frequently, and stops as soon as he is down ; but the Frenchman runs on in a continual alarum. Yet it must be acknowledged,... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - Liczba stron: 530
...his dialogue consists almost entirely of a repetition of the common salutation of how do you do ? Our nation has, indeed, been generally supposed to be...Englishman requires to be wound up frequently, and stops as soon as he is down ; but the Frenchman runs on in a continual alarum. Yet it must be acknowledged,... | |
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