 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 - Stran 774avtor: James Boswell - 1817Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | George Mallory - 1912 - 364 strani
...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 strani
...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 strani
...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 strani
...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 strani
...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 strani
...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 strani
...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 strani
...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 strani
...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 strani
...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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