 Then collecting himself, and looking awful, to make us feel how he could impose restraint, and as it were searching his mind for a still more ludicrous word, he slowly pronounced, "I say the woman was fundamentally sensible;" as if he had said, hear this...  The life of Samuel Johnson - Sida 774efter James Boswell - 1817Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | George Mallory - 1912 - 364 sidor
...behind a lady's back who sat on the same settee with her. His pride could not bear that any expression of his should excite ridicule, when he did not intend...it ; he therefore resolved to assume and exercise despotick power, glanced sternly around, and called out in a strong tone, ' Where's the merriment ?... | |
 | Edward Verrall Lucas - 1916 - 428 sidor
...resolved to assume and exercise despotick power, glanced sternly around, and called out in a strong [216] tone, 'Where's the merriment?' Then collecting himself,...ludicrous word, he slowly pronounced, 'I say the woman was fundamentally sensible;' as if he had said, hear this now, and laugh if you dare. We all sat composed... | |
 | Edward Verrall Lucas - 1916 - 440 sidor
...behind a lady's back who sat on the same settee with her. His pride could not bear that any expression of his should excite ridicule, when he did not intend it; he therefore resolved to assume and exercise despotick power, glanced sternly around, and called out in a strong tone, 'Where's the merriment?'... | |
 | James Boswell - 1923 - 372 sidor
...behind a lady's back who sat on the same settee with her. His pride could not bear that any expression of his should excite ridicule, when he did not intend...ludicrous word, he slowly pronounced, "I say the woman was fundamentally sensible;" as if he had said, hear this now, and laugh if you dare. We all sat composed... | |
 | Octavius Francis Christie - 1924 - 296 sidor
...sense," and thereby excited the hilarity of his audience, " His pride could not bear that any expression of his should excite ridicule when he did not intend...it ; he therefore resolved to assume and exercise despotick power, glanced sternly around, and called out in a strong tone, ' Where's the merriment ?... | |
 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - 928 sidor
...behind a lady's back who sat on the same settee with her. His pride could not bear that any expression of his should excite ridicule, when he did not intend...ludicrous word, he slowly pronounced, "I say the woman was -fundamentally sensible"; as if he had said, hear this now, and laugh if you dare. We all sat composed... | |
 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - 924 sidor
...behind a lady's back who sat on the same settee with her. His pride could not bear that any expression of his should excite ridicule, when he did not intend...more ludicrous word, he slowly pronounced, "I say the •n'oman was fundamentally sensible"; as if he had said, hear this now, and laugh if you dare. We... | |
 | Robert Graves - 1927 - 96 sidor
...behind a lady's back who sat on the same settee with her. His pride could not bear that any expression of his should excite ridicule, when he did not intend...it ; he therefore resolved to assume and exercise despotick power, glanced sternly around and called out in a strong tone, "Where's the merriment?" Then... | |
 | John Beer - 1993 - 50 sidor
...behind a lady's back who sat on the same settee with her. His pride could not bear that any expression of his should excite ridicule, when he did not intend it; he therefore resolved to assume and exercise despotick power, glanced sternly around, and called out in a strong tone, 'Where's the merriment?'... | |
 | Matthijs Engelberts, Marius Buning, Sjef Houppermans - 2000 - 228 sidor
...should excite ridicule when he did not intend it: he therefore resolved to assume and exercise despotick power, glanced sternly around, and called out in a...collecting himself and looking awful, to make us feel he could impose restraint, and as it were searching his mind for a still more ludicrous word, he slowly... | |
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