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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 look... "
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the ... - Page 206
by James Boswell - 1833
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Noctes Ambrosianae, Volume 1

John Wilson - Dialogue - 1892 - 438 pages
...been a regular denner wi' a table-cloth. Bewaur the tray. 1 "Some people," says Dr Samuel Johnson, "have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending...that he who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else." — BOSWELL'B Life, chap. xvii. North. A few anchovies, such as I used to enjoy with...
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The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary on the Old Testament: Numbers ...

Bible - 1892 - 812 pages
...of holiness," " it is good for us to be here." — Bp. Mant. Vers. 17, 18 ; 20-26. Eat. Some people have a foolish way of not minding or pretending not to mind what they eat. For my part, I mind very studiously ; for I look upon it, that lie who does not mind this, will hardly mind anything else....
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Johnsonian Miscellanies, Volume 1

George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1897 - 550 pages
...traverse" des bruyeres noires et arides et un pays extremement sauvage.' Voyage en Angleterre, ii. 393. * 'At supper this night he talked of good eating with...that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else." ' Life, i. 467. ' He who makes his belly his business will quickly come to have a conscience...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L. D.: Together with a Journal of a ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1900 - 638 pages
...among you, therefore, has one chance more to escape punishment, than those vrho are tried among us." At supper this night he talked of good eating with...hardly mind any thing else." He now appeared to me jfean Bull philosophe, and he was, for the moment, not only serious but vehement. Yet I have heard...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson ...: To which is Added The Journal of a ..., Volume 2

James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1900 - 928 pages
...among you, therefore, has one chance more to escape punishment than those who are tried among us." know him, and as every man of sense and virtue would...both from his own writings, and from the writings own part, 1 mind my belly very studiously and very carefully ; for I look upon it, that he who does...
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English Men of Letters: Pope, by Leslie Stephen, 1900; Johnson by Leslie ...

1900 - 674 pages
...especially the affectation of indifference to the pleasures of the table. " For my part," he said, " I mind my belly very studiously and very carefully,...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....
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Alexander Pope

Leslie Stephen - Poets, English - 1902 - 724 pages
...especially the affectation of indifference to the pleasures of the table. " For my part," he said, " I mind my belly very studiously and very carefully,...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....
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Enquire Within Upon Everything

Cookery - 1903 - 456 pages
...good Inck, and 7. Good appetite.— (Dr. Kitchiner.) 856. DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON ON FOOD. "Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or 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,...
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Life of Johnson, Volumes 1-2

James Boswell - 1904 - 1590 pages
...among you, therefore, has one chance more to escape punishment, than those who are tried among us.' At supper this night he talked of good eating with...that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.' He now appeared to me Jean Bull philosophe, and he was, for the moment, not only serious...
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Noctes Ambrosianae

John Wilson - 1904 - 532 pages
...the twa ends o' the table maun just * Marrow — equal. t " Some people," says Dr. Samuel Johnson, " have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not...studiously, and very carefully ; for I look upon it, hat he who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else." — BOSWELL'S Life, chap. xvii....
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