 | James Boswell - 1826 - 416 σελίδες
...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,...obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible '." He upon one occasion experienced,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 412 σελίδες
...it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenlyj affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very...obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible '." He upon one occasion experienced,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 622 σελίδες
...the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased ; and it is very difficult to please a man against his > =9 $ SL b r hͱ ` a x 㝘W4 \ ...j 1| p?c x % H1 > vr ! OxṚh t W L i $ I ;|e - 6 upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, Sir, lie was irresistible.* He upon one occasion experienced,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 822 σελίδες
...the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased ; md it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly,...in my chair, and fairly laugh it out. Sir, he was irresistible.' FOOT-HALT, a disorder incident to sheep. It takes its source from an insect, which,... | |
 | Samuel Foote - 1830 - 426 σελίδες
...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,...in my chair, and fairly laugh it out. Sir, he was irresistible." This is " colossal" language, truly ; and Foote's wit must have been strong thus to... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 586 σελίδες
...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,...obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible l. He upon one occasion experienced,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 690 σελίδες
...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,...obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible '. He upon one occasion experienced,... | |
 | John Galt - 1831 - 336 σελίδες
...please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting for a long time not to mind him; but the dog was so very comical,...obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back on my chair, and fairly laugh it out with the rest: there was no avoiding it — the fellow was irresistible."... | |
 | John Galt - 1831 - 332 σελίδες
...please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting for a long time not to mind him ; but the dog was so very comical,...obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back on my chair, and fairly laugh it out with the rest : there was no avoiding it — the fellow was irresistible."... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1832 - 846 σελίδες
...the fellow, I was resolved not to DC pleased ; and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly,...back in my chair, and fairly laugh it out Sir, he was irresistible.' On another occasion he thus contrasts him with Garrick : ' Garrick, sir, has some delicacy... | |
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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 not... 
