 | Hugh James Rose - 1848 - Liczba stron: 530
...Fitzherbert 's. "Having no good opinion of the fellow," says he, " 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 tety comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back in my chair, and... | |
 | 1850 - Liczba stron: 216
...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....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 - Liczba stron: 528
...Fitzherbert's. " Having no good opinion of the fellow," says he, " 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." His dramas are twenty in number, mostly built on temporary topics, and full of personalities. They... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1853 - Liczba stron: 602
...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 against his will....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... | |
 | 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 - Liczba stron: 568
...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 will....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... | |
 | 1854 - Liczba stron: 400
...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....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 - Liczba stron: 568
...said, describing the incident long long afterwards to Boswell, ' 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 <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 - Liczba stron: 588
...said, describing the incident long afterwards to Boswell, " 1 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 mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1856 - Liczba stron: 406
...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.' — jSoiwell'i Johnson, vol.... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1856 - Liczba stron: 424
...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 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... 
