 An opportunity for a bon-mot, however, occurred, which I had not virtue sufficient to resist. Lord L mentioned that an old lady, an acqtmintance of his, kept her books in detached book-cases, the male authors in one, and the female in another. I said,...  A Selection from the Correspondence of Abraham Hayward, Q.C., from 1834 to ... - Seite 57von Abraham Hayward - 1886 - 668 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1841 - 832 Seiten
...An opportunity for a bon-mot, however, occurred, which I had not virtue sufficient to resist. Lord L mentioned that an old lady, an acquaintance of his,...said, " I suppose her reason was, she did not wish to increase her library." Altogether the conversation, considering the presence of ladies, was too mannish.... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1841 - 836 Seiten
...virtue sufficient to resist. Lord L mentioned that an old lady, an acquaintance of his, kept her l>onk; in detached book-cases, the male authors in one, and...said, " I suppose her reason was, she did not wish to increase her library." Altogether the conversation, considering the presence of ladies, VMI too mannish.... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1859 - 476 Seiten
...occurred, which I had not virtue sufficient to resist. Lord L mentioned that an old lady, an acqtmintance of his, kept her books in detached book-cases, the...reason was, she did not wish to add to her library.'" The joke was made by Lord L ; the story, an invented pleasantry, illustrative of Madame Genlis's prudery,... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1858 - 470 Seiten
...occurred, which I had not virtue sufficient to resist. Lord L mentioned that an old lady, an acquaintancc of his, kept her books in detached book-cases, the...reason was, she did not wish to add to her library.'" The joke was made by Lord L ; the story, an invented pleasantry, illustrative of Madame Genlis's prudery,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1869 - 628 Seiten
...silence." An opportunity for a bon mot, however, occurred, which I had not virtue to resist. Lord L mentioned that an old lady, an acquaintance of his, kept her books in detached cases, tho male authors in one, and the female in another. I said, " I suppose she did not wish to... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1881 - 290 Seiten
...lively. An opportunity for a ton mot occurred, which I had not sufficient virtue to resist. Lord L mentioned that an old lady, an acquaintance of his,...reason was, she did not wish to add to her library.' " The joke (says Mr Hayward) was made by Lord L ; the story, an invented pleasantry, illustrative of... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1886 - 306 Seiten
...lively. An opportunity for a ban ,n\at occurred, which I had not sufficient -virtue to resist. Lord L mentioned that an old lady, an acquaintance of his,...detached bookcases — the male authors in one, and the ). MI. ,lc in another. I said, ' I suppose her reason was, she did not wish to add to her library.'"... | |
 | Walter Jerrold - 1897 - 208 Seiten
...Smith explained that the word was Falstaff. T ORD LYNDHURST having mentioned that an old lady friend of his kept her books in detached book-cases, the male authors in one, and the female authors in another, " I suppose her reason was," said James Smith, "that she did not wish to add to... | |
 | Morris Lawden Banks - 1904 - 268 Seiten
...unpretentious his dinners, the food and the wine should be the best of their kinds.' ' ABRAHAM HAYWARD stiff silence." An opportunity for a bon-mot, however,...reason was she did not wish to add to her library." ' But this is not quite accurate. The joke was made by Lord Lyndhurst, and the story which gave rise... | |
 | Jane Gray Perkins - 1909 - 356 Seiten
...Hayward, in the Temple, where Lord Lyndhurst made them all laugh with his story of a certain old lady who kept her books in detached book-cases, the male authors in one and the female in another, because she did not wish to add to her library. And this in May 1836, when all the world was ringing... | |
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