 | Samuel Johnson, James Boswell - 1825 - 370 pages
...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....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 - 416 pages
...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....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 pages
...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 sullenlyj affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 622 pages
...was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased ; and do not sup upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, Sir, lie was irresistible.* He upon one occasion experienced,... | |
 | Samuel Foote - 1830 - 426 pages
...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....and fairly laugh it out. Sir, he was irresistible." This is " colossal" language, truly ; and Foote's wit must have been strong thus to move the acknowledged... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 690 pages
...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....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 - 1831 - 586 pages
...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....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,... | |
 | John Galt - 1831 - 332 pages
...Doctor, on another occasion, " I ever was in company with Foote, I was resolved not to be pleased — and it is very difficult to please a man against his will....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... | |
 | John Galt - 1831 - 336 pages
...Doctor, on another occasion, " I ever was in company with Foote, I was resolved not to be pleased — and it is very difficult to please a man against his will....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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1832 - 846 pages
...was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to DC pleased ; and it is very difficult to please a man against his will....and fairly laugh it out Sir, he was irresistible.' On another occasion he thus contrasts him with Garrick : ' Garrick, sir, has some delicacy of feeling... | |
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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... 
