 | Louis-Pierre Siret - English language - 1815 - 198 pages
..., said she , do you believe I am right , when I say I am but forty ? I am sure, Madam , said lie , I ought not to dispute it ; for I have constantly...joy , I understand french perfectly well provided it is spoken in irish. A gentleman, having lent a guinea for two or three days to a person whose promises... | |
 | Joe Miller - English wit and humor - 1836 - 266 pages
...Cousin, said she, do you believe I am in the right when I say I am but forty ? I am sure, madam, replied he, I ought not to dispute it ; for I have constantly heard you say so for above these ten years. 84. A Venetian ambassador, going to the court of Rome, passed through Florence, when he went to pay... | |
 | Joe Miller - 1848 - 248 pages
...do you believe I am in the right when I say I am but forty ?" " I am sure, madam," replied he, " 1 ought not to dispute it ; for I have constantly heard you say so for above these ten years." — Jo: Miller, page 29. PARALLEL TO THE LAST SESSION. — Mr. Popham, when he weeks." — Bacon. THE... | |
 | 1834 - 304 pages
...said she, don't you believe I am in the right, when I say I am but forty? I am sure madam, replied he, I ought not to dispute it, for I have constantly heard you say so for these last ten years. We should never desert onr principles, if convinced they are j ust. BY FOUR OF... | |
 | Samuel Foote - Anecdotes - 1894 - 252 pages
...Sir, do you believe I am right when I say I am but forty ? " " I am sure, madam," answered Foote, " I ought not to dispute it ; for I have constantly heard you say so for above ten years." , seeing an Irish gentleman superbly dressed just after he had taken the benefit of the... | |
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A lady's age happening to be questioned, she affirmed she was but forty, and called upon a gentleman who was in company, for his opinion : Cousin, said she, do you believe I am in the right when I say I am but forty ? I am sure, madam... 