 After dinner," relates the random recollector, " the poet insisted upon putting his feet on the table, tilting back his chair more Americano. There were strangers in the room, and he was expostulated with for his uncouthness, but in vain. ' Do put down...  Random Reminiscences - Pàgina 5per Charles Hallam Elton Brookfield - 1902 - 305 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1903 - 636 pàgines
...English actor, says : "My father was dining In London one night at the Oxford and Cambridge Club with Tennyson and two or three others. After dinner the...host. 'Why should I?' retorted Tennyson; 'I'm very comfortable as I am.' 'Everyone's staring at you,' Bald another. 'Let 'em stare,' replied the poet,... | |
 | 1903 - 462 pàgines
...Venables, Frank Lushington, Tennyson, and two or three others. After dinner the poet insisted upon putting his feet on the table, tilting back his chair...host. ' Why should I ? ' retorted Tennyson. ' I'm very comfortable as I am." ' Everyone's staring at you,' said another. ' Let 'em stare,' replied the poet... | |
 | Thomas Bailey Aldrich - 1903 - 220 pàgines
...Alfred Tennyson, and others. " After dinner," relates the random recollector, " the poet insisted upon putting his feet on the table, tilting back his chair...pleaded his host. ' Why should I ? ' retorted Tennyson. ' I 'm very comfortable as I am.' ' Every one 's staring at you,' said an27 other. ' Let 'em stare,'... | |
 | Thomas Bailey Aldrich - 1903 - 386 pàgines
...Alfred Tennyson, and others. "After dinner," relates the random recollector, " the poet insisted upon putting his feet on the table, tilting back his chair...strangers in the room, and he was expostulated with for in the period following. The word "brass" was formerly an accepted synonym for money ; but at present,... | |
 | Thomas Bailey Aldrich - 1907 - 356 pàgines
...Alfred Tennyson, and others. "After dinner," relates the random recollector, " the poet insisted upon putting his feet on the table, tilting back his chair...host. ' Why should I?' retorted Tennyson. 'I'm very comfortable as I am.' 'Every one's staring at you,' said another. 'Let 'em stare,' replied the poet,... | |
 | Thomas Bailey Aldrich - 1907 - 356 pàgines
...Alfred Tennyson, and others. "After dinner," relates the random recollector, " the poet insisted upon putting his feet on the table, tilting back his chair...pleaded his host. ' Why should I ? ' retorted Tennyson. ' I 'm very comfortable as I am.' 'Every one's staring at you,' said another. 'Let 'em stare,' replied... | |
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