 | Leslie Stephen - 1902 - 724 pages
...indifference to the pleasures of the table. " For my part," he said, " I mind my belly very studiously and very carefully, for I look upon it that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else." Avowing this principle he would innocently give himself the airs of a scientific epicure. "... | |
 | 1903 - 1186 pages
...walking on his hind legs. It is not done well ; but you are surprised to find it done at all. n,y. I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.1 /j,y. This was a good dinner enough, to be sure, but it was not a dinner to ask a man to. iua.... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1903 - 1186 pages
...walking on his hind legs. It is not done well ; but you are surprised to find it done at all. n>id. I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.1 /4,V. This was a good dinner enough, to be sure, but it was not a dinner to ask a man to. md.... | |
 | 1903 - 456 pages
...pretending not to mind, what they eat; for my part I mind my lielly very studiously and very carefully, and I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else." 857. THEOBT OF COOKING. To some extent the claims of either process of cooking depend upon the... | |
 | David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1903 - 570 pages
...only made for fools," and that Dr. Johnson's sentence was well justified. " Sir," said the Doctor, " I look upon it that he who does not mind his belly can hardly mind anything else ; " and certainly this neglect of the kitchen is one of the worst signs... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 1590 pages
...minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and ard, and live sparingly, are seldom or never troubled with low spirits. 1763] LEVELLING UP 299 He else.' He now appeared to me Jean Bull philosophe, and he was, for the moment, not only serious but... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1905 - 910 pages
...pleasures of the table. ' For my part/ was Johnson's declaration, ' I mind my belly very studiously and very carefully; for I look upon it that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.' In somewhat the same vein Boswell acknowledges, ' I am myself a lover of wine, and therefore... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 712 pages
...or pretending not to mind, what they eat. my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carel for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly hardly mind any thing else." He now appeared to me Bull philosophe, and he was for the moment, not... | |
 | 1914 - 534 pages
...minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat For my part, I mind my belly very studiously and very carefully ; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else." Boswell remarks that in saying this he was "not only serious but vehement" He easily saw through... | |
 | 1914 - 546 pages
...minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat For my part, I mind my belly very studiously and very carefully ; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else." Boswell remarks that in saying this he was "not only serious but vehement" He easily saw through... | |
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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... 
