 Well, let me tell you, (said Goldsmith), when my tailor brought home my bloomcoloured coat, he said, ' Sir, I have a favour to beg of you. When any body asks you who made your clothes, be pleased to mention John Filby, at the Harrow, in Water-lane.  The Life of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: From a Variety of Original Sources - Page 365by Sir James Prior - 1837 - 550 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Austin Dobson - 1888 - 252 pages
...who made your clothes, be pleased to mention John Filby, at the Harrow, in Water Lane.' yohnson. ' Why, sir, that was because he knew the strange colour...hear of him, and see how well he could make a coat even of so absurd a colour.' " ' The conversation which followed occupies some page& of Boswell's record.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1888 - 608 pages
...are sandy complexioned and in regimentals — charged, who was cautiously awaiting (he moment -crouds to gaze at it, and thus they might hear of him, and see how well he could make a coat, even of so absurd a colour." After dinner, our conversation first turned upon Pope. Johnson said, his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 506 pages
...body asks you who made your clothes, be pleased to mention John Filby, at the Harrow, in Water Lane." JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, that was because he knew the...hear of him, and see how well he could make a coat, even of so absurd a colour." 2 After dinner our conversation first turned upon Pope. Johnson said,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 494 pages
...asks you who made your clothes, be pleased to mention John Filby, at the Harrow, in Water Lane.' " JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, that was because he knew the...they might hear of him, and see how well he could Aake a coat even of so absurd a colour." After dinner our conversation first turned upon Pope. Johnson... | |
 | 1889 - 652 pages
...Shalloon." 1 A rough woollen cloth, which was fashionable for some years later for gentlemen's wear. attract crowds to gaze at it, and thus they might...hear of him, and see how well he could make a coat, even of so absurd a colour." Johnson was right to a certain extent : crowds have gazed at it, and the... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1890 - 240 pages
...asks who made your clothes, be pleased to mention John [William] Filby, at the Harrow, in Water Lane." Johnson. — ' Why, sir, that was because he knew...hear of him, and see how well he could make a coat even of so absurd a colour.' "— BOSWELL, Life of Johnson (ed. Birkbech Rill), ii. 82, yA. [See Bond... | |
 | John Forster - 1871 - 544 pages
...sir," remarked Johnson, "that " was because he knew the strange colour would attract crowds to " ffaze at it, and thus they might hear of him, and see how — " well he could make a coat, even of so absurd a colour." Xt. 41. Crowds have been attracted to gaze at it, and Mr. Filby's bloom-coloured... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1893 - 778 pages
...asks you who " made your clothes, be pleased to mention John Filby, at the Harrow, in Water " Lane."' er in rngs or lace—whether in Kent Street or the %, even of so absurd a colour.'" Goldy's Fasti in Natural History:—" On Thursday, April 29 (1773), I... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1899 - 298 pages
...anybody asks you who made your clothes, be pleased to mention John Filby, at the Harrow, in Water Lane.' Johnson. ' Why, Sir, that was because he knew the...hear of him, and see how well he could make a coat even of so absurd a colour.' " 1 The conversation which followed occupies some pages of Boswell's record.... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 442 pages
...at the harrow, in Water Lane.' " Johnson — " Why, Sir, that was because he knew the strange color would attract crowds to gaze at it, and thus they...hear of him, and see how well he could make a coat, even of so absurd a color." After dinner our conversation first turned upon Pope. Johnson said his... | |
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