 | Demosthenes - 1864 - 266 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." Boswell's Life, p. 5 15, Ed.... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 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....mind him ; but the dog was so very comical, that I waa obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1867 - 158 pages
...was at Filzherbert'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....sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so veiy comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - 1871 - 572 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 32 sullenly, affecting not to mind him; but the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay... | |
 | John Timbs - 1872 - 434 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....dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay dowu my knife and We may here group the principal meetings of Foote and Johnson, as they are described... | |
 | 1872 - 774 pages
...sullenly, affecting for a long time not to mind him :" [only fancy Johnson's face when he was sullen !] "but the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged...throw myself back in my chair, and fairly laugh it out with the rest. No, Sir ; there was no avoiding it ; the fellow was irresistible !" There is little... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1873 - 480 pages
...resolved not to be pleased ; and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on taking my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him....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 to... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1873 - 486 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 taking my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that... | |
 | Alexander Main - 1874 - 480 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,... | |
 | ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 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,... | |
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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... 
