 I must confess I did not expect to hear my new acquaintance value himself upon these qualifications, but finding him such a critic upon foreigners, I asked him if he had ever travelled ; he told me, he did not know what travelling was good for, but to...  The Free-holder, Or, Political Essays - Pagina 105di Joseph Addison - 1752 - 252 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Joseph Addison - 1751 - 342 pagine
...Acquaintance value himfelf upon thefe Qualifications ; but finding him fuch a Critick upon Foreigners, I ask'd him, if he had ever travelled ? He told me, he did...Great Horfe, to jabber French, and to talk againft Paflive- Obedience ; To which he added, that he fcarce ever knew a Traveller in his Life who had not... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 524 pagine
...acquaintance value himself upon these qualifications, but, finding him such a critic upon foreigners, I asked him if he had .ever travelled ; he told me, he did...was good for, but to teach a man to ride the great horse, to jabber French, and to talk against passive obedience : to which he added, that he scarce... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 376 pagine
...acquaintance value himself upon these qualifications ; but finding him such a critic upon foreigners, I asked him, if he had ever travelled ? He told me, he did...was good for, but to teach a man to ride the great horse, to jabber French, and to talk against passive obedience : to which he added, that he scarce... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 378 pagine
...acquaintance value himself upon these qualifications ; but finding him such a critic upon foreigners, I asked him, if he had ever travelled ? He told me, he did...was good for, but to teach a man to ride the great horse, to jabber French, and to talk against passive obedience : to which he added, that he^scarce... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pagine
...acquaintance value himself upon. these qualifications, but finding him such a critic upon, foreigners, I asked him if he had ever travelled ; he told me, he did...was good for, but to teach a man to ride the great horse, to jabber French, and to talk against passive obedience : to which he added, that he scarce... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 376 pagine
...acquaintance value himself upon these qualifications, but, finding him such a critic upon foreigners, I asked him if he had ever travelled ; he told me, he did...was good for, but to teach a man to ride the great horse, to jabber French, and to talk against passive obedience : to which he added, that he scarce... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 548 pagine
...acquaintance value himself upon these qualifications, but, finding him such a critic upon foreigners, I asked him if he had ever travelled ; he told me, he did...was good for, but to teach a man to ride the great horse, to jabber French, and to talk against passive obedience: to which he added, that he scarce ever... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1853 - 902 pagine
...acquaintance value himself upon these qualifications, but finding him such a critic upon foreigners, I asked him if he had ever travelled ; he told me, he did...was good for, but to teach a man to ride the great horse, to jabber French, and to talk against passive obedience : to which he added, that he scarce... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 394 pagine
...acquaintance value himself upon these qualifications, but finding him such a critic upon foreigners, I asked him if he had ever travelled ; he told me, he did...was good for, but to teach a man to ride the great horse, to jabber French, and to talk against passive obedience : to which he added, that he scarce... | |
 | Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward, Theodore C. Wilks, Charles Lockhart - 1861 - 434 pagine
...twenty .Years old), if his mother, whose darling he is, will venture him." Addisou's foihunter does not " know what travelling was good for, but to teach a man to ride the great horse, to jabber French, and to talk against passive-obedience : To which he added, that he scarce... | |
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