 | Hugh James Rose - 1848 - 530 σελίδες
...fellow," says he, " 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 tety comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back in my chair, and... | |
 | 1850 - 216 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, 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
...fellow," says he, " 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." His dramas are twenty in number, mostly built on temporary topics, and full of personalities.... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1853 - 602 σελίδες
...the fellow, I was resolved not to he 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. lint the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back... | |
 | 1854 - 400 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,...myself back in my chair, and fairly laugh it out.' He also told the following anecdote, still more strongly illustrative of the power of the wit :—... | |
 | 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
...Boswell, ' 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,...myself back in my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, Sir, he was irresistible.' After this we find more frequent traces of intercourse between them... | |
 | 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
...Boswell, ' 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,...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
...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...to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back in ray chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, Sir, he was irresistible." After this we find more frequent... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1856 - 424 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.' — Boswell's Johnson, vol.... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1856 - 406 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.' — jSoiwell'i Johnson, vol.... | |
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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... 
