| 1861 - 882 Seiten
...feeling as the celebrated English Earl of Chesterfield was said to have entertained for Dr. Johnson: "I do not like thee, Dr. Fell; the reason why I cannot tell," &c., and I, perhaps, was inclined to reciprocate the compliment; but in the words of a greater than... | |
| Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1862 - 510 Seiten
...better reason than is given in an epigram of Martial, or in an English parody upon that epigram : " I do not like thee, Dr. Fell, The reason why I cannot tell ; But this I'm sure I know full well, I do not like thee, Dr. Fell." Those who call to mind that Addington... | |
| Allet (pseud.) - 1862 - 390 Seiten
...mind two lines which she had come upon in a book from which she had been translating that afternoon, "I do not like thee, Dr Fell, The reason why I cannot tell ; " and she retired to rest that night with a dull, heavy presentiment of coming evil, which in her... | |
| D. C. - 1863 - 126 Seiten
...abont " Dr. Fell " has mnch in it, and I must repeat it, at the risk of being cousidered tedious : — "I do not like thee, Dr. Fell, The reason why, I cannot tell, But this I know, and know full well, I do not like thee, Dr. Fell." t Now, all that needs be said abont... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1864 - 318 Seiten
...provided only it be sincere : Inform you how it likes this man or that, this proposed law or that. " I do not like thee, Dr. Fell ; the reason why I cannot tell," — and perhaps indeed there is no reason ; nevertheless p let the Governor too be thankful to know... | |
| 1865 - 804 Seiten
...we cannot in so many words tell what it is. The old rhyme describes our feeling towards them : — " I do not like thee, Dr. Fell : The reason why, I cannot tell ; But I do not like thee, Dr. Fell." In other cases, we can give our reasons for not liking them. They... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1867 - 496 Seiten
...better reason than is given in an epigram of Martial, or in an English parody upon that epigram : * " I do not like thee, Dr. Fell, The reason why I cannot tell ; But this I'm sure I know full well, I do not like thee, Dr. Fell." Those who call to mind that Addington... | |
| f. d. richards - 1867 - 844 Seiten
...intelligent and substantial reason. The best reason given is comprehended In the following trite lines : — "I do not like thee, Dr. Fell; The reason why, I cannot tell. Bui this I know, and know full well, I do not like thce, Dr. Fell." Yes, those "many people in the... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1850 - 454 Seiten
...provided only it be sincere : Inform you how it likes this man or that, this proposed law or that. " I do not like thee, Dr. Fell ; the reason why I cannot tell," — and perhaps indeed there is no reason ; nevertheless let the Governor too be thankful to know the... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1870 - 444 Seiten
...provided only it be sincere : Inform you how it likes this man or that, this proposed law or that. " I do not like thee, Dr. Fell ; the reason why I cannot tell," — and perhaps indeed there is no reason ; nevertheless let the Governor too be thankful to know the... | |
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