 When accompanying two beautiful young ladies with their mother on a tour in France, he was seriously angry that more attention was paid to them than to him ; and once at the exhibition of the Fantoccini in London, when those who sat next him observed...  Detraction Displayedtekijä(t) Amelia Opie - 1828 - 244 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 sivua
...more attention was paid to them than to him ; and once at the exhibition of the Fantoccini, in London, when those who sat next -him observed with what dexterity...praise, and exclaimed with some warmth, " Pshaw ! I can do it better myself."8 < He, I am afraid, had no settled system of any sort, .so that his conduct must... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 sivua
...attention was paid to them than to him* ; and once at the exhibition of the Fantoccini' in London, when those who sat next him observed with what dexterity a puppet was made to toss a ' Northcote, a few weeks before his death, said to Mr. Prior: — ' When Goldsmith entered a room,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 sivua
...attention was paid to them than to him4 ; and once at the exhibition of the Fantoccini" in London, when those who sat next him observed with what dexterity a puppet was made to toss a 1 Northcote, a few weeks before his death, said to Mr. Prior: — ' When Goldsmith entered a room,... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1807 - 904 sivua
...more attention was paid to them than to him ; and once at the exhibition of the Fantoccini in London, when those who sat next him observed with what dexterity...praise, and exclaimed, with some warmth, ' Pshaw ! I can do it better myself!'* Character of Goldsmith by Cumberland. ***» « That he was fantastically vain... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 sivua
...more attention was paid to them than to him; and once at the exhibition of the Fantoccini in London, when those who sat next him observed with what dexterity...praise, and exclaimed with some warmth, " Pshaw ! I can do it better myself." 6 He, 1 am afraid, had no settled system of any sort, 4 In allusion to this,... | |
 | John Watkins - 1808 - 768 sivua
...too refined] . , . . him 9 . • . fiim ; and once, at the exhibition of the Fantoccini, in London, those who sat next him observed with what dexterity...praise, and exclaimed with some warmth, « Pshaw ! I can do it better myself.' " He, I am afraid, had no settled system, of any sort, s* that bis conduct must... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1815 - 498 sivua
...attention was paid to them than to him ; and once at the exhibition of the Fantoccini in London, wjien those who sat next him observed with what dexterity...praise, and exclaimed, with some warmth, ' Pshaw ! I can do it better myself!' * 344 Character of Goldsmith by Cumberland. **** ii That he was fantastically... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 sivua
...Fantoccini in London, when those who sat next him observed with what dex^ terity a puppet was made to tpss a pike, he could not bear that it should have such praise, but exclaimed with some warmth; "Pshaw! I can. do it better myself ! " With all his defects, as a writer,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 442 sivua
...more attention was paid to them than to him ; and onceat the exhibition of the Fantocciniiu London, when those who sat next him observed with what dexterity a puppet vas made to toss a pike, he could not bear that it should have such praise, and exclaimed with some... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 376 sivua
...more attention was paid to them than to him ; and once at the exhibition of the Fantoccini in London, when those who sat next him observed with what dexterity...praise, and exclaimed with some warmth, " Pshaw ! I can do it better myself." * He, I am afraid, had no settled system of any sort, so that his conduct must... | |
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