 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1786 - 314 Seiten
...is fomehow grofsly wrong : for (continued he) a man feldom thinks with more earneftnefs of any thing than he does of his dinner ; and if he cannot get that well drefled, he fhould be fuf» peeled of inaccuracy in other things." One day when he was fpeaking upon... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 Seiten
...Mrs. Piozzi (Anec. p. 149) records that 'Johnson often said, "that wherever the dinner is ill got, there is poverty, or there is avarice, or there is...should be suspected of inaccuracy in other things." ' Yet he ' used to say that a man who rode out for an appetite consulted but little the dignity of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 Seiten
...Mrs. Piozzi (Anec. p. 149) records that 'Johnson often said, "that wherever the dinner is ill got, there is poverty, or there is avarice, or there is...should be suspected of inaccuracy in other things."' Yet he ' used to say that a man who rode out for an appetite consulted but little the dignity of human... | |
 | 1856 - 834 Seiten
...generally a man of flaccid body, and of feeble mind ; as old Samuel Johnson authoritatively said, " Sir, a man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything...should be suspected of inaccuracy in other things. Homo sum, ft nihil, Ac. &c. I respect man, and all his appetites. When the man is not basely insensible... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1826 - 250 Seiten
...is somehow grossly wrong : for (continued he) a man seldom thinks with more earnestness of any thing than he does of his dinner ; and if he cannot get...subject, I asked him, if he ever huffed his wife about his dinner ? " So often (replied he), that at last she called to me, and said, Nay hold, Mr. Johnson,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 602 Seiten
...somehow grossly wrong : for," continued he, "a man seldom thinks with more earnestness of any thing than he does of his dinner ; and if he cannot get...things." One day, when he was speaking upon the subject, Mrs. Piozzi asked him, if he ever Piozzi' huffed his wife about his dinner? " So often," re- F plied... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 600 Seiten
...somehow grossly wrong : for," continued he, " a man seldom thinks with more earnestness of any thing than he does of his dinner ; and if he cannot get...things." One day, when he was speaking upon the subject, Mrs. Piozzi asked him, if he ever Piozzi> huffed his wife about his dinner? " So often," replied he,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 604 Seiten
...somehow grossly wrong : for," continued he, " a man seldom thinks with more earnestness of any thing than he does of his dinner ; and if he cannot get...inaccuracy in other things." One day, when he was speaking ;he subject, Mrs. Piozzi asked him, if he ever Piozzi, his wife about his dinner? " So often," relre,... | |
 | 1831 - 722 Seiten
...somehow grossly wrong : for,' continued he, ' a man seldom thinks with more earnestness of any thing than he does of his dinner; and if he cannot get that...should be suspected of inaccuracy in other things.' One Hay, when he was speaking upon the subject, Mrs. Piozzi asked him, if he ever huffed his wife about... | |
 | 1831 - 746 Seiten
...somehow grossly wrong : for,' continued he, ' a man seldom thinks with more earnestness of any thing than he does of his dinner; and if he cannot get that...should be suspected of inaccuracy in other things.' Oue day, when he was speaking' upon the subject, Mrs. Piozzi asked him, if he ever huffed his wife... | |
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a man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner, and if he cannot get that well dressed, he should be suspected of inaccuracy in other things." One day, when he was speaking upon the subject, I asked him if he ever huffed... 
