 A couple of lobsters ; ay, that would have done very well ; two shillings— tarts, a shilling ; but you will drink a glass of wine with me, though you supped so much before your usual time only to spare my pocket ?' ' No, we had rather talk with you...  Swiftiana ... - Page 182edited by - 1804Full view - About this book
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 414 pages
...should I have had ? A couple of lobsters? " ay, that would have done very well; two shil" lings—tarts, a shilling : but you will drink a glass " of wine with me, though you supped so much be" fore your usual time only to spare my pocket ?'-— " ' No, we had rather talk with... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...shillings — tarts, a " shilling: but you wHI drink a glass of wine with me, though you sup** ped so much before your usual time only to spare my pocket...rather talk with you than drink with you-'— ' But if yoa had: " supped with me, as in all reason you ought to have done, you must '• then have drunk with... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...roughness, " I could never get the blockhead to study his grammar." of lobsters would have done very well, two shillings ; tarts, a shilling — But you will drink a glass of wine with me, though you supped so much before your time, only to spare my pocket." " No, we had rather talk with you, than... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 500 pages
...•«— Let me see, what should I have hud ? A couple of lobsters ; ay, that would have done very well j two shillings — tarts a shilling: but you will drink a glass of wine with me, though you supped so much before your usual time only to spare my pocket."— " No, we had rather talk with you,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 464 pages
...you. Let me see, what should I have had ? A couple of lobsters ; ay, that would have done very well ; two shillings ; tarts, a shilling ; but you will drink a glass of wine with me, though you supped so much before your usual time only to spare my pocket I' ' No, we had rather talk with you... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 pages
...Let me see, what " should I have had ? A couple of lobsters ; ay, " that would have done very well ; two shillings — " tarts, a shilling : but you will drink a glass of " wine with me, though you supped so much before '' your usual time only to spare my pocket ?'— ' No, * Spence. <( we had rather... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 562 pages
...you.— Let me see, what should I have had ! A couple of lobsters; ay, that would have done very well ; two shillings — tarts, a shilling ; but you will drink a glass of wine with me, though you supped so much before your usual time only to spare my pocket V — ' No, we had rather talk with you... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 pages
...Let me see, what " should I have had ? A couple of lobsters ; ay, " that would have done very well ; two shillings— " tarts, a shilling : but you will drink a glass of f' wine with me, though you supped so much before " your usual time only to spare my pocket ?'— '... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 pages
...you. Let me see, what should I have had ? A couple of lobsters ; ay, that would have done very well ; two shillings— tarts, a shilling ; but you will drink a glass of wine with me, though you supped so much before your usual time only to spare my pocket ?' ' No, we had rather talk with you... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - English literature - 1814 - 686 pages
...— Let me see, what should I have had ? A conpie of lobsters ; ay, that would have done very well ; two shillings — tarts a shilling : but you will drink a glass of wine with me, though you supped so much before your usual time only to spare my pocket." — " No, we had rather talk with you... | |
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