Why," said Johnson, smiling and rolling himself about, "that is because, dearest, you're a dunce." When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said, with equal truth and politeness, " Madam, if I had thought so, I certainly should not have... The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Página 366por James Boswell - 1907Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| James Boswell - 1887 - 470 páginas
...smiling, and rolling himself about,) that is, because, dearest, you're a dunce '.' When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said with equal...custom, had circulated the bottle very freely. Lord Graham ' and I went together to Miss Monckton's, where I certainly was in extraordinary spirits, and... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 914 páginas
...smiling, and rolling himself about — ' that is, because, dearest, yon're a dunce.' When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said with equal...I had thought so, I certainly should not have said iu'" — Ibid. t A passage or two from Sterne's " Sermons " may not be without interest here. Is not... | |
| James Boswell - 1888 - 544 páginas
...smiling, and rolling himself about) that is, because, dearest, you're a dunce." When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said with equal...custom, had circulated the bottle very freely. Lord Graham and I went together to Miss Monckton's, where I certainly was in extraordinary spirits, and... | |
| James Boswell - 1889 - 570 páginas
...smiling and rolling himself about, " that is because, dearest, you're a dunce." When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said, with equal...Another evening Johnson's kind indulgence towards me 1 Mr. Benjamin Stillingfleet, author of tracts relating to natural history, &c. He died Dec. 15, 1771,... | |
| James Boswell - 1889 - 540 páginas
...smiling and rolling himself about, " that is because, dearest, you're a dunce." When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said, with equal...Another evening Johnson's kind indulgence towards me 1 Mr. Benjamin Stillingfleet, author of tracts relating to natural history, &c. He died Dec. 15, 1771,... | |
| James Boswell - 1889 - 570 páginas
...smiling and rolling himself about, " that is because, dearest, you're a dunce." When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said, with equal...Another evening Johnson's kind indulgence towards me 1 Mr. Benjamin Stillingfleet, author of tracts relating to natural history, &c. He died Dec. 15, 1771,... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1889 - 554 páginas
...smiling, and rolling himself about — 'that is, because, dearest, you're a dunce.' When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said with equal...thought so, I certainly should not have said it.' " — Ibid. * A passage or two from Sterne's "Sermons" may not be without interest here. Is not the... | |
| James Boswell - 1890 - 568 páginas
...smiling, and rolling himself about, " that is, because, dearest, you're a dunce." When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said, with equal...custom, had circulated the bottle very freely. Lord Graham and I went together to Miss Monckton's, where I certainly was in extraordinary spirits, and... | |
| James Boswell - 1891 - 548 páginas
...; I should not have even deigned to look at them had I been at large." ' Cradock's Memoirs, p. 208. truth and politeness, ' Madam, if I had thought so,...custom, had circulated the bottle very freely. Lord Graham1 and I went together to Miss Monckton's, where I certainly was in extraordinary spirits, and... | |
| Percy Fitzgerald - 1891 - 320 páginas
...for the scene of intoxication which, with such curious insensibility, he describes in the " Tour." " I had dined at the Duke of Montrose's with a very...custom, had circulated the bottle very freely. Lord Graham and I went together to Miss Monckton's, where I certainly was in extraordinary spirits, and... | |
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