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
| Leigh Hunt - 1874 - 496 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... | |
| 1874 - 414 σελίδες
...met him for the first time at Fiuherbert's. ' Having no good opinion of the fellow,' says he, ' I was resolved not to be pleased, and it is very difficult to please a man against Ins will. I went on eating mv dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. but the ' was so very... | |
| 1874 - 992 σελίδες
...hifa lor the first time at Fltsherhert's. • ' Having no good opinion of the fellow.' Kays he,' I was resolved not to be pleased, and it is very difficult to please a man againat his will. I went on eating ray dinner, pretty sullenly alfecting not to mind him, but the dog... | |
| Literary curiosities - 1876 - 386 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...obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back in my chair, and fairly laugh it out. Sir, he was irresistible." On another occasion he thus contrasts... | |
| 1876 - 844 σελίδες
...at a dinner. " Having no good opinion of the fellow," he said, " I was resolved not to be pleased. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting...obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back in my chair, and laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible." This most unscrupulous of mimics and... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1876 - 816 σελίδες
...at a dinner. " Having no good opinion of the fellow," he said, " I was resolved not to be pleased. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting...obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back in my chair, and laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible." This most unscrupulous of mimics and... | |
| John Diprose - 1877 - 308 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...obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back in my chair, and fairly laugh it out. Sir, he was irresistible." On another occasion, he thus contrasts... | |
| Henry Barton Baker - 1878 - 428 σελίδες
...him at dinner. " Having no good opinion of the fellow," he said, " I was resolved not to be pleased. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting...obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back in my chair, and laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible." It is strange that while all the other... | |
| Henry Barton Baker - 1881 - 482 σελίδες
...at a dinner. ' Having no good opinion of the fellow,' he said, ' I was resolved not to be pleased. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog wa& so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back in my chair,... | |
| James Boswell - 1884 - 634 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...my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, 1 Johnson's London, a Poem, v. 145. and fairly laugh it out. No, Sir, he was irresistible.1 He upon... | |
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