 At supper this night he talked of good eating with uncommon satisfaction. " Some people," said he, " have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully ; for I...  The Savage - Page 95by Piomingo - 1813 - 312 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1889 - 286 pages
...this night Dr. Johnson talked of good eating with uncommon satisfaction. ' Some people,' said he, ' have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For ray part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully ; for I look upon it, that he who does... | |
 | James Boswell - English literature - 1890 - 568 pages
...punishment than those who are tried among us. with uncommon satisfaction. " Some people," said he, " have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my own part, I mind my belly very studiously and very carefully ; for I look upon it, that he who does... | |
 | John Wilson - Dialogue - 1892 - 438 pages
...been a regular denner wi' a table-cloth. Bewaur the tray. 1 "Some people," says Dr Samuel Johnson, "have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending...that he who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else." — BOSWELL'B Life, chap. xvii. North. A few anchovies, such as I used to enjoy with... | |
 | Bible - 1892 - 812 pages
...of holiness," " it is good for us to be here." — Bp. Mant. Vers. 17, 18 ; 20-26. Eat. Some people have a foolish way of not minding or pretending not to mind what they eat. For my part, I mind very studiously ; for I look upon it, that lie who does not mind this, will hardly mind anything else.... | |
 | Essex (England) - 1913 - 498 pages
...at supper Dr. Johnson talked ' with evident satisfaction ' of good eating. ' Some people (said he), have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not...that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.' Parr, had he been present, would not have dissented. ing Bosweli's passage in the packet... | |
 | Bob Phillips - Quotations, English - 1993 - 372 pages
...Latvian proverb Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us. Peter deVries Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not...that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else. Samuel Johnson Most fools think they are only ignorant Benjamin Franklin A fool's mouth... | |
 | Elaine Fantle Shimberg - Health & Fitness - 2002 - 250 pages
...summer vacation in Maine with my stacks of research materials, files, and a laptop computer. Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my pan, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully; for I look upon it, that he who does not... | |
 | Mallory Fromm - Health & Fitness - 2003 - 248 pages
...to the Head," beginning on page 212, to locate the specific vertebrae and head points. Digestion / look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else. — SAMUEL JOHNSON The very thought makes me sick to my stomach. — COLLOQUIAL ENGLISH... | |
 | Charles E. Rosenberg - History - 2003 - 276 pages
...Samuel Johnson, showed just what the dietary moralists were up against when he famously announced, "He who does not mind his belly will hardly mind any thing else." Dr. Johnson at table was not a pretty sight: "[W]hile in the act of eating, the veins of his forehead... | |
 | Carl Edmund Rollyson - Authors, English - 2005 - 321 pages
...[158] At supper this night he talked of good eating with uncommon satisfaction. "Some people (said he,) have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not...mind his belly, will hardly mind any thing else." He now appeared to me. Jean Bullphilosophe, and he was for the moment, not only serious, but vehement.... | |
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