 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
 | James Macaulay - 1884 - 172 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...that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, and fairly laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible." * JOHNSON'S AGILITY. HEN there was "no fool... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1885 - 942 σελίδες
...met Foote for the first time at Fitzherbert's, said, " 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 !" Numerous other anecdotes are related... | |
 | 1885 - 850 σελίδες
...first time at Fitzherbert's, said :" Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not tobe pleased; and it is very difficult to please a man...obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back in my chair, and fairly laugh it out. Sir, he was irresistible !" Numerous other anecdotes are related... | |
 | 1885 - 896 σελίδες
...Johnson's meeting with Foote at Fitzherbert's dinner-table : " I was resolved not to be pleased ; . . . but the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork and laugh it out. No, sir — he was irresistible." Winstanley was so pleasant a companion that Moray... | |
 | James Boswell, Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 490 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 will4. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very... | |
 | James Boswell, Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 490 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 will4. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very... | |
 | Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer - 1889 - 358 σελίδες
...pleased — and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on taking my dinner partly sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was...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... | |
 | Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer - 1889 - 358 σελίδες
...The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of him, 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 partly sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical that I... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1889 - 296 σελίδες
...Johnson) 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 w1ll. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - 1890 - 274 σελίδες
...first time I was in Foote's company was at Fitz herbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased : and it is very difficult...sullenly, affecting not to mind him ; but the dog was so verj comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back in my chair, and... | |
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