 | Washington Irving - 1886 - 608 sivua
...be put to the question/" roared he. '' Don't you consider, sir, that these are not the manners of a gentleman? I will not be baited with what and why;...is a cow's tail long? Why is a fox's tail bushy?" " Wh»y, sir," replied pil-garlick, "you are so good that I venture to trouble you." " Sir," replied... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 492 sivua
...consider, Sir, that these are not the manners of a gentleman ? I will not be baited with what, and 1vhy ; what is this ? what is that ? why is a cow's tail...my being so good is no reason why you should be so HL' Talking of the Justitia hulk at Woolwich, in which criminals were punished, by being confined to... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 sivua
...the manners of a gentleman? I will not be baited with 'what and ivhy ; what is this? what is that Ï why is a cow's tail long? why is a fox's tail bushy...Why, Sir, you are so good, that I venture to trouble * Wishing to discover the ancient observation here referred to, I applied to Sir William Scott on the... | |
 | John Forster - 1871 - 544 sivua
...the subject of squeezed oranges, v. 269. J Life, vil. 105-6. Boswell amusingly continues of himself: "The gentleman,, "who was a good deal out of countenance, said, ' Why, sir, yon are so good, that I " ' venture to trouble you.' JOHNSON : ' Sir, my being so good is no reason... | |
 | Alexander Nicolas De Menil - 1897 - 572 sivua
...etc. Johnson flew into a rage and exclaimed impetuously : "I will not be bated with what and why y What is this ! What is that? Why is a cow's tail long ? Why is a fox's tail bushy ?" It is needless to add that the questioning gentleman was quieted. The doctor was a man of prejudices,... | |
 | 1900 - 674 sivua
...his neighbours. " I will not be baited with what and why," said poor Johnson, one day in desperation. "Why is a cow's tail long'? Why is a fox's tail bushy?" "Sir," said Johnson on another occasion, when Boswell was cross-examining a third person about him... | |
 | Henry Grey Graham - 1901 - 536 sivua
...are not the manners of a gentleman ? I will not be baited with what ? and why ? what is this ? why is that ? why is a cow's tail long ? why is a fox's tail bushy ? " One day Johnson came to Mrs. Thrale in high dudgeon.1 " I have been so put to the question by Bozzy... | |
 | Whitwell Elwin - 1902 - 574 sivua
...sometimes weary of answering before Boswell was tired of asking. " I will not," he once broke out, " be baited with what and why ; what is this? what is...is a cow's tail long? why is a fox's tail bushy?" Boswell pleaded that he ventured to trouble him because he was so good. " Sir," replied Johnson, "... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1864 - 468 sivua
...you consider, sir, that these are not the manners of a gentleman ? I will not be baited with wJiat and why ; — What is this ? What is that ? Why is a cow's tail long ? Why is a fox's tail bushy ?" " Why, sir," replied pilgarlick, "you are so good that I venture to trouble you." " Sir," replied... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1902 - 724 sivua
...his neighbours. "I will not be baited with what and why," said poor Johnson, one day in desperation. "Why is a cow's tail long? Why is a fox's tail bushy?" "Sir," said Johnson on another occasion, when Boswell was cross-examining a third person about him... | |
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I will not be put to the question. Don't you consider, Sir, that these are not the manners of a gentleman ? I will not be baited with what and why; what is this? what is that? why is a cow's tail long? why is a fox's tail bushy ?" The gentleman, who was... 
