 I alluded rather flippantly, I fear, to some witty passage in ' Tom Jones : ' he replied. ' I am shocked to hear you quote from so vicious a book. I am sorry to hear you have read it: a confession which no modest lady should ever make. I scarcely know...  English Female Artists - Σελίδα 208των Ellen Creathorne Clayton - 1876 - 865 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | 1834 - 614 σελίδες
...angry with me but once; and his displeasure did him so much honour that I loved him the better for it. I alluded rather flippantly, I fear, to some witty...hear you quote from so vicious a book. I am sorry to hear you have read it: a confession which no modest lady should ever make. I scarcely know a more corrupt... | |
 | 1834 - 566 σελίδες
...with me but once ; and his displeasure did him so much honour that I loved him the better for it» I alluded, rather flippantly, I fear, to some witty...hear you quote from so vicious a book. I am sorry to hear you have read it : a confession which no modest lady should ever make. I scarcely know a more... | |
 | 1834 - 604 σελίδες
...for it. I .alluded rather flippantly, I fear, to >ome witty passage in ' Tom Jones : ' he iq>lied. ' I am shocked to hear you quote from so vicious a book. I am sorry to hear you have read it: a confession which no modest lady should ever make. I scarcely know a more corrupt... | |
 | Hannah More - 1834 - 488 σελίδες
...for it. I alluded rather flippantly, I fear, to some witty passage in " Tom Jones :" he replied, "lam shocked to hear you quote from so vicious a book. I am sorry to hear you have read it; a confession which no modest lady should ever make. I scarcely know a more corrupt... | |
 | William Roberts - 1835 - 512 σελίδες
...angry with me but once ; and his displeasure did him so much honour that I loved him the better for it. I alluded rather flippantly, I fear, to some witty...confession which no modest lady should ever make. I scarcely know a more corrupt work.' I thanked him for his correction ; assured him I thought full... | |
 | 1835 - 386 σελίδες
...angry with me but once ; and his displeasure did him so much honor that I loved him the better for it. I alluded rather flippantly, I fear, to some witty...hear you quote from so vicious a book. I am sorry to hear you have read it ; a confession which no modest lady should ever make. I scarcely know a more... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 366 σελίδες
...angry with me but once, and his displeasure did him so much honour, that I loved him the better for it. I alluded, rather flippantly, I fear, to some witty...hear you quote from so vicious a book. I am sorry to hear you have read it : a confession which no modest lady should ever make. I scarcely know a more... | |
 | 1835 - 740 σελίδες
...We shall add here a passage from another page. ' I never saw Johnson really angry with me but once. I alluded, rather flippantly I fear, to some witty...hear you quote from so vicious a book. I am sorry to hear you have read it, — a confession which no modest lady should ever make. I scarcely know a more... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1836 - 656 σελίδες
...angry with me but once, and his displeasure did him so much honour, that I loved him the better for it. I alluded, rather flippantly, I fear, to some witty...hear you quote from so vicious a book. I am sorry to hear you have read it : a confession which no modest lady should ever make. I scarcely know a more... | |
 | Richard Polwhele - 1836 - 556 σελίδες
...Johnson," said Hannah More-*, angry with me but once. I alluded to some witty passage in Tom Jones. ' I am shocked to hear you quote from so vicious a book ! I am sorry to hear you have read it!' exclaimed the great Moralist." This anecdote of Johnson and Tom Jones is similar... | |
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