 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...amusement, from considerations of rigid virtue; saying, ' I'll come no more behind your scenes, David ; for the silk stockings and white bosoms of your actresses excite my amorous propensities.' 1750: •ETAT.41.]—IN 1750 he came forth in the character for which he was eminently qualified, a... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...amusement, from considerations of rigid virtue; saying, 'I'll come no more behind your scenes, David ; for the silk stockings and white bosoms of your actresses excite my amorous propensities.' 1750: MT.\T.41.]—IN 1750 he came forth in the character for which he was eminently qualified, a majestick... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...from consideration» of rigid virtue ; saying, " I'll come no more behind your scenes, David ; (or the silk stockings and white bosoms of your actresses excite my amorous propensities." In 1750 he came forth in the character for which he was eminently qualified, a majestic teacher of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 388 pages
...amusement, from considerations of rigid virtue; saying, " I'll come no more behind your scenes, David; for the silk stockings and white bosoms of your actresses excite my amorous propensities." In 1750, he came forth in the character for which he was eminently qualified, a majestick teacher of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 394 pages
...amusement, from considerations of rigid virtue; saying, " I'll come no more behind your scenes, David; for the silk stockings and white bosoms of your actresses excite my amorous propensities." In 1750, he came forth in the character for which he was eminently qualified, a majestick teacher of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 508 pages
...amusement, from considerations of rigid virtue ; saying - , " I'll come no more behind your scenes, David; for the silk stockings and white bosoms of your actresses excite my amorous propensities." In 1750 he came forth in the character for which he was eminently qualified, a majestick teacher of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 514 pages
...amusement, from considerations of rigid virtue ; saying, " I'll come no more behind your scenes, David; for the silk stockings and white bosoms .of your actresses excite my amorous propensities." In 1750 he came forth in the character for which he was eminently qualified, a majestick teacher of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 478 pages
...amusement, from considerations of rigid virtue; saying, " I'll come no more behind your scenes, David; for the silk stockings and white bosoms of your actresses excite my amorous propensities." In 1750 he came forth in the character for which he was eminently qualified, a majestick teacher of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 622 pages
...amusement, from considerations of rigid virtue ; saying, " I'll come no more behind your scenes, David ; for the silk stockings and white bosoms of your actresses excite my amorous propensities." In 1750, he came forth in the character for which he was eminently qualified, a majestic teacher of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 576 pages
...amusement, from considerations of rigid virtue ; saying, " I'll come no more behind your scenes, David ; tor the silk stockings and white bosoms of your actresses excite my amorous propensities." and the public, to whom he appeals, must, after all, be the judges of his pretensions." In 1750, he... | |
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come no more behind your scenes, Davy; for the silk stockings and white bosoms of your actresses excite my amorous propensities." The proneness of his imagination to wander in this forbidden field is unwittingly betrayed by his remarking at Sky, in support... 
