 | Verlyn Klinkenborg, Herbert Cahoon, Pierpont Morgan Library - 1981 - 274 стор.
...representation by Foote only by offering to remove his other leg. Nonetheless, he was amused by Foote's antics: "The first time I was in company with Foote was at...obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, Sir, he was irresistible." In this delightful letter to... | |
 | James Boswell - 1994 - 450 стор.
...went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very diverting that I was 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 had an extraordinary... | |
 | James Boswell - 1998 - 1540 стор.
...restraints from 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...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,... | |
 | Tate Wilkinson - 1998 - 260 стор.
...at a dinner, he was determined to ignore the man: "But the dog was so very comical," said Johnson, "that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, Sir, he was irresistible." Johnson added, "For loud obstreperous... | |
 | 1876 - 862 стор.
...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... | |
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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... 
