 Dr. Johnson was again all himself; and so civil to me! — even admiring how I dressed myself! Indeed, it is well I have so much of his favour ; for it seems he always speaks his mind concerning the dress of ladies, and all ladies who are here obey his...  Diary and Letters - Seite 61von Fanny Burney - 1842Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1842 - 834 Seiten
...all himself; and so civil to me ! — even admiring how I dressed myself! Indeed, it is well I have so much of his favour; for it seems he always speaks...notwithstanding he is sometimes so absent, and always so near-sighted, he scrutinizes into every part of almost everybody's appearance. They tell me of a Miss... | |
 | Fanny Burney - 1842 - 662 Seiten
...again all himself; and so civil to me ! — even admiring how I dress myself! Indeed, it is well I have so much of his favour ; for it seems he always speaks...character that much surprises me : but notwithstanding be is sometimes so absent, and always so near-sighted, he scrutinizes into every part of almost every... | |
 | Fanny Burney - 1842 - 226 Seiten
...even admiring how I dress myself! Indeed, it is well I have so much of his favour ; for it seems ho always speaks his mind concerning the dress of ladies,...notwithstanding he is sometimes so absent, and always so near-sighted, he scrutinizes into every part of almost every body's appearance. They tell me of a Miss... | |
 | Fanny Burney - 1784 - 636 Seiten
...all himself; and so civil to me! — even admiring how I dressed myself! Indeed, it is well I have so much of his favour ; for it seems he always speaks...notwithstanding he is sometimes so absent, and always so near-sighted, he scrutinizes into every part of almost everybody's appearance. They tell me of a Miss... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 348 Seiten
...so civil to me!— even admiring how I dress myself! Indeed, it is well I have so much of his favor; for it seems he always speaks his mind concerning...injunctions implicitly, and alter whatever he disapproves. When Dr. Johnson was gone, Mrs. Thrale told me of my mother's being obliged to change her dress. "... | |
 | Fanny Burney - 1880 - 514 Seiten
...civil to me ! — even admiring how I dressed myself ! Indeed, it is well I have so much of his favor ; for it seems he always speaks his mind concerning...notwithstanding he is sometimes so absent, and always so near-sighted, he scrutinizes into every part of almost everybody's appearance. They tell me of a Miss... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1880 - 800 Seiten
...critical in the elegance of female dress." Miss Burney says just the same. " It seems," she writes, " he always speaks his mind concerning the dress of ladies ; and all ladies who are here (ie at Streatham) obey his injunctions implicitly, and alter whatever he disapproves. . . . Notwithstanding... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi, Richard Cumberland - 1884 - 490 Seiten
...all himself; and so civil to me I — even admiring how I dressed myself I Indeed, it is well I have so much of his favour ; for it seems he always speaks...notwithstanding he is sometimes so absent, and always so near-sighted, he scrutinises into every part of almost everybody's appearance. They tell me of a Miss... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 534 Seiten
...all himself; and so civil to me ! — even admiring how I dressed myself! Indeed, it is well I have so much of his favour ; for it seems he always speaks...notwithstanding he is sometimes so absent, and always so near-sighted, he scrutinises into every part of almost everybody's appearance. They tell me of a Miss... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1884 - 538 Seiten
...I dressed myself! Indeed, it is well I have so much of his favour; for it seems he always speaks Ms mind concerning the dress of ladies, and all ladies...notwithstanding he is sometimes so absent, and always so near-sighted, he scrutinises into every part of almost everybody's appearance. They tell me of a Miss... | |
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