 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1853 - 602 pages
...company with Foote, 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...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 - 568 pages
...no good opinion of the fellow,' he said, describing the incident long long afterwards to Boswell, ' I was resolved not to be pleased ; and it is very...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 pages
...Having no good opinion of the fellow," he 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 - 414 pages
...which Foote is free.' Wilkes. — ' Garrick's wit is more like Lord Chesterfield's.' Johnson. — ' The first time I was in company with Foote, was at...eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to inind him. But the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1859 - 476 pages
...Dilly's, called him a merry-andrew, a buffoon, the sage at once declared that he had wit ; and added — " The first time I was in company with Foote, was at...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... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1858 - 470 pages
...Billy's, called him a merry-andrew, a buffoon, the sage at once declared that he had wit ; and added — " The first time I was in company with Foote, was at...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... | |
 | John Timbs - 1862 - 422 pages
...principal meetings of Foote and Johnson, as they are described in Boswell's popular Life. Johnson : The first time I was in company with Foote was at...sullenly, affecting not to mind him ; but the dog was BO very comical, that 1 was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair,... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - 826 pages
...fellow." " The first time," said the doctor on another occasion, " I ever was in company with Foote, I was resolved not to be pleased — and it is very...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... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pages
...commentary ; and I would recommend Lowth and Patrick on the Old Testament, and Hammond on the New."— 513. THE first time I was in company with Foote was at...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
...restraints from which Foote is free. The first time ,1 was in company with Foote was at Filzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved...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... | |
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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... 
