 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 548 pages
...warmth, " Pshaw ! I can do it better myself." In fact, on his way home with Mr. Burke to supper, he broke his shin, by attempting to exhibit to the company...better he could jump over a stick than the puppets. His envy of Johnson was one day strongly exhibited at the house of Sir Joshua Reynolds. While the doctor... | |
 | 1848 - 640 pages
...exclaimed, with warmth — ' Pshaw ! I can do it better myself.' " He went home " to supper with Mr. Burke, and broke his shin by attempting to exhibit to the...better he could jump over a stick than the puppets." Northeote told the story of the young ladies, fixing time and place — one of the ladies read the... | |
 | Literature - 1848 - 634 pages
...exclaimed, with warmth — ' Pshaw ! I can do it better myself.' " He went home " to supper with Mr. Burke, and broke his shin by attempting to exhibit to the...better he could jump over a stick than the puppets." Northcote told the story of the young ladies, fixing lime and place — one of the ladies read the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 pages
...warmth, " Pshaw ! I can do it better myself." In fact, on his way home with Mr. Burke to supper, he broke his shin, by attempting to exhibit to the company...better he could jump over a stick than the puppets. His envy of Johnson was one day strongly exhibited at the house of Sir Joshua Reynolds. While the doctor... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 558 pages
...warmth, " Fahaw! I can do it better myself." In fact, on his way home with Mr. Burke to supper, he ˺4ԟ 8 # B W N ( 0 i ; h9 E)KLM TExf 8 [ g PmP His envy of Johnson was one day strongly exhibited at the house of Sir Joshua Reynolds. While the doctor... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 744 pages
...believe that he was seriously jealous of those so famous fantoccini ! ' He went home with Mr. Burke to supper, ' and broke his shin by attempting to exhibit...better he could jump over a stick ' than the puppets.' The anecdote is too pleasant to be gravely objected to ; but might he not only mean that the puppets... | |
 | Joachim Fernau - 1848 - 736 pages
...seriously jealous of those so famous L ' 1767 TO 1774.] 609 fantoccini ! ' He went home with Mr. Burke to supper, ' and broke his shin by attempting to exhibit...better he could jump over a stick ' than the puppets.' The anecdote is too pleasant to be gravely objected to ; but might he not only mean that the puppets... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 740 pages
...believe that he was seriously jealous of those so famous L. fantoccini ! ' He went home with Mr. Burke to supper, ' and broke his shin by attempting to exhibit...better he could jump over a stick ' than the puppets.' The anecdote is too pleasant to be gravely objected to ; but might he not only mean that the puppets... | |
 | 1848 - 822 pages
...exclaimed, with warmth — ' Pshaw 1 I can do it better myself.' " He went home " to supper with Mr. Burke, and broke his shin by attempting to exhibit to the...better he could jump over a stick than the puppets." Northeotetold the story of the young ladies, fixing time and place — one of the ladies read the story... | |
 | Washington Irving - Astoria (Or.) - 1849 - 416 pages
...can do it better myself " " The same evening," adds Boswell, " when supping at Burke's lodgings, he broke his shin by attempting to exhibit to the company...better he could jump over a stick than the puppets." Goldsmith jealous of puppets ! This even passes in absurdity Boswell's charge upon him of being jealous... | |
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He went home with Mr Burke to supper ; and broke his shin by attempting to exhibit to the company how much better he could jump over a stick than the puppets. 
