 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 568 페이지
...coat, he said, ' Sir, I have a favor to beg of you. When anybody asks you who made your clothes, bo pleased to mention John Filby, at the harrow, in Water...— "Why, Sir, that was because he knew the strange color would attract crowds to gaze at it, and thus they might hear of him, and see how well he could... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1899 - 296 페이지
...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 페이지
...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 페이지
...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 페이지
...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 페이지
...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 페이지
...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 페이지
...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 페이지
...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 페이지
...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.'... | |
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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. 
