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" In the course of our conversation this day, it came out that Lady Eglintoune was married the year before Dr. Johnson was born, upon which she graciously said to him that she might have been his mother, and that she now adopted him ; and, when we were... "
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson - Page 387
by James Boswell - 1813 - 460 pages
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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1785 - 548 pages
...were going away, fhe embraced him, faying, " My dear fon, farewell ! " — My friend was much pleafed with this day's entertainment, and owned that I had done well to force him out. "Tuejday, id November. We were now in a country not only *c of Jaddles and Indies" but of poft-chaifes...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into ...

James Boswell - 1786 - 552 pages
...it came out, that Lady Eglintoune was married the year before Dr. Johnson was born ; upon which she graciously said to him, that she might have been his...TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2. We were now in a country not only l of saddles and bridles* ',' but of post-chaises ; and having ordered one from Kilmarnock, we got...
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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1807 - 496 pages
...it came out, that Lady Eglintoune was married the year before Dr. Johnson was born ; upon which she graciously said to him, that she might have been his...was much pleased with this day's entertainment, and awned that I had done well to force him out. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2. We were now in a country not only...
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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.

James Boswell - 1810 - 438 pages
...it came out, that Lady Eglintoune was married the year before Dr. Johnson was born; upon which she graciously said to him, that she might have been his...entertainment, and owned that I had done well to force him out. V Tuesday, 2d November. We were now in a country not only " of saddles and bridles,''' but of post-chaises...
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Traditions of Edinburgh, Volume 1

Robert Chambers - 1825 - 330 pages
...conversation, it came out that Lady Eglintoune was married the year before Dr Johnson was born ; upon which she graciously said to him, that she might have been his mother, and she now adopted him. This venerable woman amused herself latterly in taming and patronising rats. She...
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The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of a tour to ..., Volume 3

James Boswell - 1831 - 690 pages
...it came out that Lady Eglintoune was married the year before Dr. Johnson was born ; upon which she graciously said to him that she might have been his...owned that I had done well to force him out. Tuesday, 2(l November. — We were now in a country not only " of saddles and bridles," but of post-chaises...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 3

James Boswell - 1831 - 586 pages
...it came out that Lady Eglintoune was married the year before Dr. Johnson was born ; upon which she graciously said to him that she might have been his...owned that I had done well to force him out. Tuesday, %d November. — We were now in a country not only " of saddles and bridles," but of post-chaises ;...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the ...

James Boswell - 1833 - 1182 pages
...day it came out that Lady Eglintoune was married the year before Dr. Johnson was born; upon which she graciously said to him that she might have been his...owned that I had done well to force him out. Tuesday, Zd November. — We were now in a country not only " of saddle t and bridles," but of post-chaises;...
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Introductions, and Notes and Illustrations to the Novels, Tales ..., Volume 3

Walter Scott - 1833 - 484 pages
...day, it came out that Lady Eglintoune was married the year before Dr Johnson was born ; upon which she graciously said to him, that she might have been his...and owned that I had done well to force him out." ***** " At Sir Alexander Dick's, from that absence of mind to which every man is at times subject,...
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The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of his tour to ..., Volume 5

James Boswell - 1835 - 366 pages
...day it came out that Lady Eglintoune was married the year before Dr. Johnson was born; upon which she graciously said to him that she might have been his...owned that I had done well to force him out. Tuesday, Nov. 2. — We were now in a country not only " of saddles and bridles," but of postchaises ; and having...
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