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" His black servant, whose name is Francis Barber, has been pressed on board the Stag frigate, Captain Angel, and our lexicographer is in great distress. He says the boy is a sickly lad, of a delicate frame, and particularly subject to a malady in his throat,... "
The Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett, M.D.: The life of Smollett. The ... - Page 69
by Tobias Smollett, Robert Anderson - 1820
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Letters Between the Duke of Grafton, the Earls of Halifax, Egrémont, Chatham ...

Augustus Henry Fitzroy Duke of Grafton, John Wilkes - Great Britain - 1769 - 348 pages
...campn-henjive genias, &c." has has againft you, and I dare fay you defire no other opportunity of refenting it than that of laying him under an obligation. He was humble enough to defire my affiftance on this occafion, though he and 1 were never cater-coufins ; and I gave him to...
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English liberty: being a collection of interesting tracts, from the year ...

English liberty - 1769 - 430 pages
...animofity the faid Johnfon has againft you, and I dare fay you defire no other opportunity of relenting it than that of laying him under an obligation. He was humble enough to defire my affiflance on this occafion, though he and I were never cater-coufins ; and I gave * A pleafantry...
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The North Briton, XLVI: Numbers Complete, Volume 4

Great Britain - 1772 - 302 pages
...animofity the faid Johnfon has againft you, and I dare fay you defire no other opportunity of refenting it than that of laying him under an obligation. He was humble enough to defire my aififtance on this occafion, though he and I were never cater-couilns ; and I gave him to...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1791 - 554 pages
...animofity the faid Johnfon has againft you ; and I dare fay you defire no other opportunity of refenting it than that of laying him under an obligation. He was humble enough to defire my afliftance on this occafion, though he and I were never cater-coufins ; and I gave him to...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1791 - 556 pages
...the faid Johnfon has againft you; and I dare fay you defire no other opportunity of refenting it tnan that of laying him under an obligation. He was humble enough to defire my afliftance on this occafion, though he and I were never cater-coufins; and I gave him to...
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Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...distress. He says the boy is a sickly lad, of a delicate frame, and particularly subject to a malady in his throat, which renders him very unfit for his Majesty's service. You know what manner of animosity the said Johnson has against you' ; and I dare say you desire no other opportunity...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...distress. He says the boy is a sickly lad, of a delicate frame, and particularly subject to a malady in his throat, which renders him very unfit for his Majesty's service. You know what manner of animosity the said Johnson has against you' ; and I dare say you desire no other opportunity...
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The Correspondence of the Late John Wilkes: With His Friends ..., Volume 1

John Wilkes - Great Britain - 1805 - 314 pages
...distress. He says the boy is a sickly lad of a delicate frame, and particularly' subject to a malady in his throat, which renders him very unfit for his majesty's...said Johnson has against you ;* and I dare say you will desire no other opportunity of resenting it, than that of laying him under an obligation. He was...
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The Correspondence of the Late John Wilkes: With His Friends ..., Volume 1

John Wilkes - Great Britain - 1805 - 330 pages
...distress. He says the boy is a sickly lad of a delicate frame, and particularly subject to a malady in his throat, which renders him very unfit for his majesty's...said Johnson has against you ;* and I dare say you will desire no other opportunity of resenting it, than that of laying him under an obligation. He was...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
...He says, the boy is a sickly lad, of a delicate frame, and particularly subject to a malady in his throat, which renders him very unfit for his Majesty's...occasion, though he and I were never cater-cousins ; and I ' Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, 3d edit. p. 126. ' Ibid, p. SSI. In my first edition this word...
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