 At supper this night he talked of good eating with uncommon satisfaction. " Some people," said he, " have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully ; for I...  The Savage - Page 95by Piomingo - 1813 - 312 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1859 - 750 pages
...people,' he said, ' have a foolish way of not minding what they eat ; for my part, I mind my belly very carefully, for I look upon it that he who does not mind his bally will hardly mind anything.' In the same spirit he would remark, after his return from a party,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1859 - 584 pages
...'Some people,' he said, 'have a foolish way of not minding what they eat ; for my part, I mind my belly very carefully, for I look upon it that he who does not mind his beJly will hardly mind anything.' In the same spirit he would remark, after his return from a party,... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1860 - 496 pages
...At supper this night he talked of good eating with uncommon satisfaction. " Some people," said he, " have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not...that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else." He now appeared to me Jean Bull philosophy, and he was for the moment, not only serious... | |
 | Elisha Jarrett Lewis - Firearms - 1863 - 530 pages
...not to mind, what they eat : for my part, I mind my belly very studiously and very carefully ; and I look upon it that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind any thing else." How perfectly correct and natural do these remarks appear to us, when we reflect for a moment on the... | |
 | Gentlewoman - 1864 - 142 pages
...a few minutes you will pronounce not eatable." On another occasion Dr. Johnson said : " Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part I mind my stomach very studiously and very carefully ; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his stomach... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1867 - 158 pages
...mind is not debauched, will be willing to give all that he has to get knowledge. EATING. Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not...that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else. THE LAW. In the formulary and statutory part of law, a plodding blockhead may excel... | |
 | James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 pages
...11l.' At supper this night he talked of good eating with uncommon satisfaction. 'Some people,' said he, 'have a foolish way 'of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my own part, I mind' my belly very studiously and very carefully ; for I look upon it, that he who docs... | |
 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 pages
...At supper this night he talked of good eating with uncommon satisfaction. 'Some people,' said he, ' have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For BT own part, I mind' my belly very studiously ud very carefully ; for I look upon it, that he «ho... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 602 pages
...among you, therefore, has one chance more to escape punishment, than those who are tried among us." minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat....not mind his belly will hardly mind any thing else." He now appeared to me Jean Bull philosophe, and he was, for the moment, not only serious but vehement.... | |
 | Alexander Main - Literary Criticism - 1874 - 480 pages
...siege for Charles the First. At supper he made the following memorable deliverance : " Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my own part, I mind my belly very studiously and very carefully; for I look upon it, that he who does... | |
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