 | Austin Dobson - 1899 - 296 páginas
...gentleman ; but I am talking of being well or ill drestS ' Well, let me tell you, (said Goldsmith,) when my tailor brought home my bloom-coloured coat,...he said, " Sir, I have a favour to beg of you. When anybody asks you who made your clothes, be pleased to mention John Filby, at the Harrow, in Water Lane.'... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 638 páginas
...gentleman ; but I am talking of being well or ill drest." " Well, let me tell you, (said Goldsmith), when my tailor brought home my bloomcoloured coat,...who made your clothes, be pleased to mention John Phielby,8 at the Harrow, in Water-lane." JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, that was because he knew the strange... | |
 | 1900 - 674 páginas
...of superioritj to such weakness, thought him seriously vain. " Let me tell you," said Goldsmith, " when my tailor brought home my bloom-coloured coat,...said, ' Sir, I have a favour to beg of you ; when anybody asks you who made your clothes, be pleased to mention John Filby, at the Harrow, Water Lane.'"... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 páginas
...talking of being well or ill drest." " Well, let me tell you," said Goldsmiths "when my tailorbrought home my bloom-coloured coat, he said, ' Sir, I have a favour to beg oí you. When any body asks you who made your clothes, be pleased to mention John Filby,*9 at the Harrow,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1901 - 526 páginas
...I am talking of being well or /'// drest." "Well, let me tell you, (said Goldsmith,) when my taylor brought home my bloom-coloured coat, he said, ' Sir,...be pleased to mention John Filby, at the Harrow, in Water-lane.'" JOHNSON. "Why, Sir, that was because he knew the strange colour would attract cjowds... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1902 - 724 páginas
...consciousness of superiority to such weakness, thought him seriously vain. "Let me tell you," said Goldsmith, " when my tailor brought home my bloom-coloured coat,...he said, 'Sir, I have a favour to beg of you; when anybody asks you who made your clothes, be pleased to mention John Filby, at the Harrow, Water Lane.'... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 1590 páginas
...gentleman ; but I am talking of being well or ill drest.' ' Well, let me tell you, (said Goldsmith,) tion. Thus the story of Melanchthon affords a striking...appointment, he expected not only the hour, but the Water-lane." ' JOHNSON. ' Why, Sir, that was because he knew the strange colour would attract crowds... | |
 | Algernon Graves - 1905 - 458 páginas
...vain of it, for his mind was wonderfully prone to such impressions. "Well, let me tell you, said he, " when my tailor brought home my bloomcoloured coat...he said, ' Sir, I have a favour to beg of you, when anybody asks you who made your clothes, be pleased to mention John Filby at the Harrow in Water Lane.'... | |
 | William Teignmouth Shore - 1905 - 258 páginas
...being taken seriously — witness this speech : " Let me tell you " (said Goldsmith), " when my taylor brought home my bloom-coloured coat, he said, 'Sir, I have a favour to beg of you. When anybody asks you who made your clothes, be pleased to mention John Filby, at the Harrow, in Water Lane.'... | |
 | Julian Hill - 1907 - 378 páginas
...dress." David Garrick, one of the other guests, demurred. " Let me tell you," retorted Goldsmith, " that when my tailor brought home my bloom-coloured coat,...he said, ' Sir, I have a favour to beg of you. When anybody asks you who made your clothes, be pleased to mention John Filby, at the Harrow, in Water Lane.'... | |
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Why, sir, that was because he knew the strange colour would attract crowds to gaze at it, and thus they might hear of him, and see how well he could make a coat even of so absurd a colour. 
