 | John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 546 страници
...advise you, sir," said he with a cold sneer, " never to relate this story again: you really can scarce imagine how very poor a figure you make in the telling of it." Our guest being bred a Quaker, and I believe a man of an extremely gentle disposition, needed no more reproofs... | |
 | Camilla Crosland - 1854 - 450 страници
...with a cold sneer, " I would advise you, sir, never to relate this story again ; you really can scarce imagine how very poor a figure you make in the telling of it." Mrs. Thrale adds, " Our guest being bred a Quaker, and, I believe, a man of an extremely gentle disposition,... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 348 страници
...advise you, sir," said he, with a cold sneer, " never to relate this story again: you really can scarce imagine how very poor a figure you make in the telling of it." His fixed incredulity of everything he heard, and his little care to conceal that incredulity, was... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 534 страници
...advise you, Sir (said he with a cold sneer), never to relate this story again : you really can scarce imagine how very poor a figure you make in the telling of it." Our guest being bred a Quaker, and I believe a man of an extremely gentle disposition, needed no more reproofs... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1884 - 538 страници
...advise you, Sir (said he with a cold sneer), never to relate this story again: you really can scarce imagine how very poor a figure you make in the telling of it." Our guest being bred a Quaker, and I believe a man of an extremely gentle disposition, needed no more reproofs... | |
 | Francis Richard Charles Grant - 1887 - 216 страници
...with a cold sneer, " I would advise you, sir, never to relate this story again ; you really can scarce imagine how very poor a figure you make in the telling of it.'' When Mrs. Thrale remonstrated with him afterwards, he answered, "Why, madam, if a creature is neither... | |
 | Francis Richard Charles Grant - 1887 - 216 страници
...with a cold sneer, " I would advise you, sir, never to relate this story again ; you really can scarce imagine how very poor a figure you make in the telling of it.'1 When Mrs. Thrale remonstrated with him afterwards, he answered, "Why, madam, if a creature is... | |
 | Leonard Benton Seeley - 1891 - 394 страници
...advise you, Sir,' said he, with a cold sneer, ' never to relate this story again. You really can scarce imagine how very poor a figure you make in the telling of it.' Our guest being bred a Quaker, and, I believe, a man of an extremely gentle disposition, needed no more... | |
 | Leonard Benton Seeley - 1891 - 398 страници
...advise you, Sir,' said he, with a cold sneer, ' never to relate this story again. You really can scarce imagine how very poor a figure you make in the telling of it.' Our guest being bred a Quaker, and, I believe, a man of an extremely gentle disposition, needed no more... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1897 - 512 страници
...advise you, Sir (said he with a cold sneer) never to relate this story again : you really can scarce imagine how very poor a figure you make in the telling of it.' Our guest being bred a Quaker 4, and I believe a man of an extremely gentle disposition, needed no more... | |
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Johnson having listened some time to, "I would advise you, sir (said he, with a cold sneer), never to relate this story again ; you really can scarce imagine how very poor a figure you make in the telling of it. 
