 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - 334 Seiten
...was at Fitzhcrbert'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." On another occasion he thus contrasts him with Garrick : " Garrick, sir, has some delicacy of feeling... | |
 | 1876 - 844 Seiten
...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...knife and fork, throw myself back in my chair, and laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible." This most unscrupulous of mimics and satirists was himself... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1876 - 816 Seiten
...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...knife and fork, throw myself back in my chair, and laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible." This most unscrupulous of mimics and satirists was himself... | |
 | John Diprose - 1877 - 308 Seiten
...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." On another occasion, he thus contrasts him with Garrick : — " Garrick, sir, has some delicacy of... | |
 | Henry Barton Baker - 1878 - 428 Seiten
...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...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 English humourists... | |
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1880 - 296 Seiten
...The doctor assumed his most ursine (bear-like) manner, but it was no use, "I was obliged," he says, " to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back in...and fairly laugh it out. Sir, he was irresistible." s CJiarles Matthena, born in 1776, a celebrated comedian. Matthews was a wonderful master of personification... | |
 | Henry Barton Baker - 1881 - 482 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | Addison Peale Russell - 1883 - 378 Seiten
...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 - 1884 - 634 Seiten
...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. 1 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... 
