The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased ; and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting... The Age of Johnson (1748-1798) - Σελίδα 196των Thomas Seccombe - 1902 - 366 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
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| 1855 - 602 σελίδες
...good opinion of the fellow," he said, describing the incident long afterwards to Boswell, '' I was resolved not to be pleased ; and it is very difficult to please a man against his I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical,... | |
| Hugh James Rose - 1848 - 530 σελίδες
...him for the first time at Fitzherbert 's. "Having no good opinion of the fellow," says he, " I was resolved not to be pleased, and it is very difficult...sullenly affecting not to mind him, but the dog was so tety comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back in my chair, and... | |
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...time I was in company with Foote, was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased ; and it is very difficult...obliged to lay down my knife and fork throw myself back i Johnson's " London a Poem," T. 145.— BOSWELL upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, Sir, he... | |
| 1850 - 216 σελίδες
...time I was in company with Fopte was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased ; and it is very difficult...pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him ; but the chap was so very comical that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, and fairly laugh it out.... | |
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...him for the first time at Fitzherbert's. " Having no good opinion of the fellow," says he, " I was resolved not to be pleased, and it is very difficult...obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back in my chair, and fairly laugh it out. Sir, he was irresistible." His dramas are twenty in number, mostly... | |
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