 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 not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged...  The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Σελίδα 71των James Boswell - 1820Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS - 1844 - 652 σελίδες
...that he had wit ; and added — ' The first time I was in company with Foote, was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved...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... | |
 | 1844 - 702 σελίδες
...that he had wit ; and added — ' The first time I was in company with Foote, was at Fitz' herbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was ' resolved...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... | |
 | 1855 - 602 σελίδες
...Having 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 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
...relates, met 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... | |
 | 1850 - 216 σελίδες
...furnished by Dr. Johnson, who says, " The first time I was in company with Fopte was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved...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.... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - 1853 - 528 σελίδες
...relates, met 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... | |
 | 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...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
...equal.' 'The first time,' said Dr Johnson, ' that I was in company with Foote, was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved...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
...Having 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...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... | |
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