 I'll drink it myself. Why, take you, you are wiser than a paltry curate whom I asked to dine with me a few days ago ; for upon my making the same speech to him, he said, he did not understand such usage, and so walked off without his dinner. By the same...  Swiftiana ... - Page 50edited by - 1804Full view - About this book
 | John Timbs - Humorists, English - 1872 - 434 pages
...said, he did not understand such usage, and so walked off without his dinner. By the same token, 1 told the gentleman who recommended him to me, that...fellow was a blockhead, and I had done with him."— Sheridan's Life of Swift. THE DEAN AND THE PILKINGTONS. Mrs. Pilkington was one of the Dean's female... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 610 pages
...at insaid he did not understand such usage, and so walked oif without his dinner. By the same token, I told the gentleman who recommended him to me that the fellow waeahlockhead,and I had done with him.' s — SuEKiDAM's L\fe of Swift. terest.* The Qucen, and the... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1901 - 414 pages
...he said he did not understand such usage, and so walked off without his dinner. By the same token, I told the gentleman who recommended him to me that...the fellow was a blockhead, and I had done with him. ' " — SHEBTAAN'S Life of Swift. But I think the world was right, and the bishops who advised Queen... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1910 - 480 pages
...so walked off without his dinner. By the same token, I told the gentleman who recommended him to mo that the fellow was a blockhead, and I had done with him. ' "— SHERUJAN'S Life of Swift. . But I think the world was right, and the bishops who advised Queen... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - England - 1882 - 874 pages
...he said he did not understand such usage, and so walked off without his dinner. By the same token, I told the gentleman who recommended him to me that...fellow was a blockhead, and I had done with him.' " — SHERIDAN'S Life of Swift. at interest.* The Queen, and the bishops, and the world, were right... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English wit and humor - 1883 - 880 pages
...he said he did not understand such usage, and so walked off without his dinner. By the same token, I told the gentleman who recommended him to me that the fellow was a blockhead, and I bad dune with him.' " — SiLEBlDAx'a Life of Swift. at interest.* The Queen, and the bishops, and... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1884 - 664 pages
...he said he did not understand such usage, and so walked off without his dinner. By the same token, I told the gentleman who recommended him to me that...fellow was a blockhead, and I had done with him.' " — SHERIDAN'S Life of Swift. It is told, as if it were to Swift's credit, that the Dean of St. Patrick's... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English wit and humor - 1885 - 572 pages
...he said, he did not understand such usage, and so walked off without his dinner. By the same token, I told .the gentleman who recommended him to me, that...fellow was a blockhead, and I had done with him." — SHER1DAN'S Life of Swift. It is told , as if it were to Swift's credit , that the Dean of St. Patrick's... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 914 pages
...he said he did not understand such usage, and so walked off without his dinner. By the same token, I told the gentleman who recommended him to me that...fellow was a blockhead, and I had done with him.' " — SHEEIDAN'S Life of Swift. at interest.* The Queen, and the bishops, and the world, were right... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1889 - 554 pages
...he said he did not understand such usage, and so walked off without his dinner. By the same token, I told the gentleman who recommended him to me that...fellow was a blockhead, and I had done with him.' " —SHERIDAN'S Life of Swtft. friends of his life, and the recipients of his confidence and affection,... | |
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