 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 to mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged...  The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 71by James Boswell - 1820Full view - About this book
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1876 - 816 pages
...at a dinner. " Having no good opinion of the fellow," he said, " I was resolved not to be pleased. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting...obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back in my chair, and laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible." This most unscrupulous of mimics and... | |
 | 1876 - 844 pages
...at a dinner. " Having no good opinion of the fellow," he said, " I was resolved not to be pleased. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting...obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back in my chair, and laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible." This most unscrupulous of mimics and... | |
 | John Diprose - 1877 - 308 pages
...him, as related to Boswell : — " The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved...obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back in my chair, and fairly laugh it out. Sir, he was irresistible." On another occasion, he thus contrasts... | |
 | Henry Barton Baker - 1878 - 428 pages
...him at dinner. " Having no good opinion of the fellow," he said, " I was resolved not to be pleased. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting...obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back in my chair, and laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible." It is strange that while all the other... | |
 | Henry Barton Baker - 1881 - 482 pages
...at a dinner. ' Having no good opinion of the fellow,' he said, ' I was resolved not to be pleased. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog wa& so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back in my chair,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 634 pages
...like Lord Chesterfield's." JOHNSON. " The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved...my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, 1 Johnson's London, a Poem, v. 145. and fairly laugh it out. No, Sir, he was irresistible.1 He upon... | |
 | James Macaulay - 1884 - 164 pages
...unrivalled wit and comic power. " The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved...that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, and fairly laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible." * JOHNSON'S AGILITY. HEN there was "no fool... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1885 - 942 pages
...besieged in the Haymarket ;" while Dr. Johnson, who met Foote for the first time at Fitzherbert's, said, " Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved...obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back in my chair, and fairly laugh it out. Sir, he was irresistible !" Numerous other anecdotes are related... | |
 | 1885 - 850 pages
...first time at Fitzherbert's, said :" Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not tobe pleased; and it is very difficult to please a man...obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back in my chair, and fairly laugh it out. Sir, he was irresistible !" Numerous other anecdotes are related... | |
 | 1885 - 896 pages
...Johnson's meeting with Foote at Fitzherbert's dinner-table : " I was resolved not to be pleased ; . . . but the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork and laugh it out. No, sir — he was irresistible." Winstanley was so pleasant a companion that Moray... | |
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