 | 1804 - 286 pages
...told the story of the Ivy Tree, and that was " laughed at ; he repeated the jest of the Two Scho" lars and one Pair of Breeches, and the company " laughed at that; but the story of Taffy in the sedan" chair, was sure to ,set the table in a roar. Thus his " pleasure increased in proportion to... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 314 pages
...of his table ; he " told the story of the ivy-tree, and that was laughed " at ; he repeated the jest of the two scholars and one " pair of breeches, and...laughed at that ; " but the story of Taffy in the sedan chair, was sure to " set the table in a roar : thus his pleasure increast( ed in proportion to... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 462 pages
...head of his table ; he told the story of the ivy-tree, and that was laughed at ; he repeated the jest of the two scholars and one pair of breeches, and...company laughed at that : but the story of Taffy in the sedan chair, was sure to set the table in a roar : thus ] his pleasure increased in proportion to the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 508 pages
...of his " table ; he told the story of the ivy-tree, and that " was laughed at ; he repeated the jest of the two " scholars and one pair of breeches, and the company " laughed at that ; bvit the story of Taffy in the se" dan chair, was sure to set the table in a roar : thus " his pleasure... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 500 pages
...head of his table ; he told the story of the ivy-tree, and that was laughed at ; he repeated the jest of the two scholars and one pair of breeches, and...sure to set the table in a roar : thus his pleasure increased in proportion to the pleasure he gave ; he loved all the world, and he fancied all the world... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 pages
...head of his table; he told the story of the ivy -tree, and that was laughed at; he repeated the jest Y^F P˖ zzԛ&' ␍ ';甠Ȱ0rH ! rDB ý# L ӳLv l... d - =J6B d =D 6ك N $ y ^w =L YHv? Wd d increased in proportion to the pleasure he gave ; he loved all the world, .and he fancied all the world... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1835 - 362 pages
...head of his table : he told the story of the ivy-tree, and that was laughed at ; he repeated the jest of the two scholars and one pair of breeches, and...sure to set the table in a roar : thus his pleasure increased in proportion to the pleasure he gave ; he loved all the world, and he fancied all the world... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1835 - 362 pages
...head of his table : he told the story of the ivy-tree, and that was laughed at ; he repeated the jest of the two scholars and one pair of breeches, and...sure to set the table in a roar : thus his pleasure increased in proportion to the pleasure he gave ; he loved all the world, and he fancied all the world... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1837 - 550 pages
...head of his table : he told the story of the ivy-tree, and that was laughed at ; he repeated the jest of the two scholars and one pair of breeches, and...sure to set the table in a roar. Thus his pleasure increased in proportion to the * The Rev. Dr. Strcan ; in an " Essay on Light Reading," by the Rev.... | |
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The same ambition that actuates a monarch at the head of an army, influenced my father at the head of his table. He told the story of the ivy-tree, and that was laughed at; he repeated the jest of the two scholars and one pair of breeches, and the company... 
