 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
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 512 σελίδες
...fellow." " The first time," said the doctor on another occasion, " I ever was in company with Foote, I was resolved not to be pleased — and it is very difficult...went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting for a long time not to mind him ; but the dog was so very comical that I was obliged to lay down my... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1853 - 602 σελίδες
...company with Foote, was at Fitzherbert's. Having no ;;ood opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to he pleased ; and it is very difficult to please a man...dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. lint the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back... | |
 | 1854 - 400 σελίδες
...that 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 in my chair, and fairly laugh it out.' He also told the following anecdote, still more strongly illustrative... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1854 - 568 σελίδες
...no 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...obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back in my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, Sir, he was irresistible.' After this we find more frequent... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1854 - 568 σελίδες
...good opinion of the fellow,' he said, describing the incident long long afterwards to Boswell, ' I was resolved not to be pleased ; and it is very difficult...dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay <lown my knife and fork, throw myself back in my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, Sir, he was irresistible.'... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1855 - 588 σελίδες
...no good opinion of the fellow," he said, describing the incident long afterwards to Boswell, " 1 was resolved not to be pleased ; and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went oa eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1856 - 414 σελίδες
...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...eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to inind him. But the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw... | |
 | John Forster - 1858 - 486 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 lay down my knife and " fork, throw myself back in my chair, and fairly laugh it " out. No, Sir, he was irresistible." After this we find more frequent... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1858 - 470 σελίδες
...resolved not to be pleased ; and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on taking my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him....obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back on my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible." It was said to be impossible to... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1858 - 494 σελίδες
...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 taking my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that... | |
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