 | Richard Robert Madden - 1833 - 214 páginas
...sometimes talked with contempt of people gratifying their palates. Yet; when at table, Boswell says, " he was totally absorbed in the business of the moment ; his looks were rivetted to his plate, nor would he hardly speak a word, or pay any attention to what was said... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1833 - 214 páginas
...sometimes talked with contempt of people gratifying their palates. Yet, when at table, Boswell says, " he was totally absorbed in the business of the moment; his looks were rivetted to his plate, nor would he hardly speak a word, or pay any attention to what was said... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1833 - 164 páginas
...sometimes talked with contempt of people gratifying their palates. Yet, when at table, Boswell says, " he was totally absorbed in the business of the moment ; his looks were rivetted to his plate, nor would he hardly speak a word, or pay any attention to what was said... | |
 | William Kitchiner - 1836 - 432 páginas
...taste peculiar to its raw state, and it becomes savoury and grateful. Mr. B. adds, " I never knew a man who relished good eating more than he did : when...was totally absorbed in the business of the moment : nor would he, unless in very high company, say one word, or even pay the least attention to what... | |
 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 páginas
...occasions, talk with great contempt of people who were anxious to gratify their plates; and the 206th number of his Rambler is a masterly essay against...different opinions upon this subject; for I never knew _any man who relished good eating more than he did. When at table, he was totally absorbed in the business... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 588 páginas
...lend an influence to his sterner moralizings. His admiring but most faithful biographer says : — " When at table he was totally absorbed in the business of the moment : his looks seemed riveted to iiis plate ; nor would lie, unless when in very high company, say one word, or even pay the least attention... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 páginas
...occasions, talk with great contempt of people who were anxious to gratify their palates ; and the 206th number of his Rambler is a masterly essay against...business of the moment : his looks seemed riveted to bis plate ; nor would he, unless when in very high company, say one word, or even pay the least attention... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1861 - 406 páginas
...hungry is not easy to explain, for his every day manner of eating was that of a half-famished man. When at table, he was totally absorbed in the business of the moment ; his looks were riveted to his plate, till he had satisfied his appetite ; which was indulged with such intenseness,... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1861 - 410 páginas
...hungry is not easy to explain, for his every day manner of eating was that of a half-famished man. When at table, he was totally absorbed in the business of the moment ; his looks were riveted to his plate, till he had satisfied his appetite ; which was indulged with such intenseness,... | |
 | George Oliver - 1867 - 412 páginas
...ho who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else." '• 1 never knew," adds Boswell, " any man who relished good eating more than he did....his looks seemed riveted to his plate ; nor would he say one word, or even pay the least attention to what was said by others, till he had satislied his... | |
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I never knew any man who relished good eating more than he did. When at table, he was totally absorbed in the business of the moment; his looks seemed rivetted to his plate; nor would he, unless when in very high company, say one word, or even pay the... 
