 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1843 - 432 pages
...of the day ; but Langton deserted them, being engaged to breakfast with some young ladies. Johnson scolded him for ' leaving his social friends, to go...this ramble, said to him smartly, ' I heard of your frolic t'other night. You '11 be in the Chronicle.' Upon which Johnson afterwards observed, ' He durst... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Politicians - 1843 - 424 pages
...of the day ; but Langton deserted them, being engaged to breakfast with some young ladies. Johnson scolded him for ' leaving his social friends, to go and sit with a set of wretched unidecfd girls.' Garrick being told of this ramble, said to him smartly, ' I heard of your frolic t'other... | |
 | James Boswell - Biography - 1846 - 602 pages
...rest of the day: but Langton deserted them, being engaged to breakfast with some young ladies. Johnson scolded him for " leaving his social friends, to go...this ramble, said to him smartly, " I heard of your froliok t' other night. You 'II be in the Chronicle." Upon which Johnson afterwards ob8 Johnson, as... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1848 - 1798 pages
...of the day : but Langton deserted them, being engaged to breakfast with some young ladies. Johnson scolded him for "leaving his social friends, to go and sit with a set of wretched m-idtdd girls." Garrick, being told of this ramble, said to him smartly, "I heard of^your frolic t'other... | |
 | Joachim Fernau - 1848 - 736 pages
...pleaded an engagement to breakfast with some young ladies, and was scolded by the sage for leaving social friends to go and sit with a set of wretched un-idea'd girls. It was on hearing of similar proposed extravagances, soon after, that Beauclerc's mother angrily rebuked... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 740 pages
...pleaded an engagement to breakfast with some young ladies, and was scolded by the sage for leaving social friends to go and sit with a set of wretched un-idea'd girls. It was on hearing of similar proposed extravagances, soon after, that Beauclerc's mother angrily rebuked... | |
 | John Forster - Authors, English - 1848 - 734 pages
...pleaded an engagement to breakfast with some young ladies, and was scolded by the sage for leaving social friends to go and sit with a set of wretched un-idea'd girls. It was on hearing of similar proposed extravagances, soon after, that Beauclerc's mother angrily rebuked... | |
 | Washington Irving - Astoria (Or.) - 1849 - 416 pages
...engagement to breakfast with some young ladies ; whereupon the great moralist reproached him with " leaving his social friends to go and sit with a set of wretched un-ideal girls." This madcap freak of the great lexicographer made a sensation, as may well be supposed,... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - London (England) - 1850 - 502 pages
...of the day ; but Langton deserted them, being engaged to breakfast with some young ladies. Johnson scolded him for ' leaving his social friends, to go and sit with a set of wretched un-idedd girls.' Garrick being told of this ramble, said to him smartly, — ' I heard of your frolic... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 400 pages
...engagement to breakfast with some young ladies ; whereupon the great moralist reproached him with " leaving his social friends to go and sit with a set of wretched un-idea'd girls." This madcap freak of the great lexicographer made a sensation, as may well be supposed, among his intimates.... | |
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... long, but walked down to the Thames, took a boat, and rowed to Billingsgate. Beauclerk and Johnson were so well pleased with their amusement, that they resolved to persevere in dissipation for the rest of the day: but Langton deserted them, being... 
