 | John Wilson - 1865 - 444 Seiten
...left Mrs Johnson," and staid there three weeks, his mother •asking him whether, when in London, " he was one of those who gave the wall or those who took it"—just as Burns returned toMauchline, where he had left Mrs Burns, and remained in the neighbourhood... | |
 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 Seiten
...townsmen. He related to me the following minute anecdote of this period: — 'In the last age, when my mother lived in London, there were two sets of...those who gave the wall or those who took it. Now it и fixed that every man keeps to the right ; or if one is taking the wall, another yields it ; and... | |
 | James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 Seiten
...townsmen. He related to me the following minute aneedote of this period : — ' In the last age, when my mother lived in London, there were two sets of...those who took it ; the peaceable and the quarrelsome. Wben I returned to Lichfield, after having bcen in London, my mother asked me whether I was one of... | |
 | John Hollingshead - 1874 - 378 Seiten
...fixed in that saying which gives that side to the weakest. ' In the last age,' said Dr Johnson, ' when my mother lived in London, there were two sets of...who took it — the peaceable and the quarrelsome. "Sow, it is fixed that every man keeps to the right, or, if one is taking the wall, another yields... | |
 | John Hollingshead - 1874 - 368 Seiten
...fixed in that saying which gives that side to the weakest. ' In the last age, ' said Dr Johnson, ' when my mother lived in London, there were two sets of...people, those who gave the wall, and those who took it—the peaceable and the quarrelsome. Xow, it is fixed that every man keeps to the right, or, if... | |
 | James Boswell - 1880 - 488 Seiten
...1773], the following minute anecdote of this period : — " In the last age, when my mother lived 11 London, there were two sets of people, those who gave...Lichfield, after having been in London, my mother *** *• LICHPIELD — LONDON. 97 asked me, whether I was one of those who gave the wall, or those... | |
 | 1883 - 636 Seiten
...and those who ook the wall ; the peaceable and the uarrelsome. When I returned to Lichfield, n 1737, after having been in London, my mother asked me whether I was one of hose who gave the wall, or one of those who took it. Now it is fixed that every man keeps to the right... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 Seiten
...others may calculate. He related the following minute anecdote of this period: "In the last age, when my mother lived in London, there were two sets of...London, my mother asked me whether I was one of those that gave the wall or those who took it. ffffu/ it is fixed that every man keeps to the right; or,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 492 Seiten
...company by Cumming the Quaker 2, and used to go there sometimes when I drank wine. In the last age, when my mother lived in London, there were two sets of...wall, or those who took it. Now, it is fixed that \ See ante, ii. 179, 226, and iv. 211. 2 See ante, p. 98. September 20.] The rage of trade self-destructive.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 574 Seiten
...townsmen. He related to me the following minute anecdote of this period ' : — " In the last age, when my mother lived in London, there were two sets of...peaceable and the quarrelsome. When I returned to Liehfield, after having been in London, my mother asked me, whether I was one of those who gave the... | |
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In the last age, when my mother lived in London, there were two sets of people, those who gave the wall, and those who took it ; the peaceable and the quarrelsome. When... 
