 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 pagina’s
...Goldsmith, in his diverting simplicity, complained one day, in a mixed company, of Lord Camden. " I I had no notion that I was wrong or irreverent to...tutor." BOSWELL : " That, sir, was great fortitude 1 think it is much against Lord Camden that he neglected him." Nor could he patiently endure to hear,... | |
 | 1900 - 570 pagina’s
...number of people burst out laughing when Goldsmith publicly complained that he had met Lord Camden at Lord Clare's house in the country, "and he took no more notice of me than if 1 had been an ordinary man." Goldsmith's claiming to be a very extraordinary person was precisely a... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1903 - 432 pagina’s
...Camden. He complained of it on his return to town at a party of his friends. "I met him," said he, 15 " at Lord Clare's house in the country ; and he took...than if I had been an ordinary man." " The company," says Boswell, " laughed heartily at this piece of ' diverting simplicity.' " And foremost among the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1903 - 330 pagina’s
...instance he thought the dignity of literature itself involved in the question. " Nay, gentlemen," roared he, " Dr. Goldsmith is in the right. A nobleman ought...made up to such a man as Goldsmith, and I think it i& much against Lord Camden that he neglected him." After Goldsmith's return to town he received from... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 1590 pagina’s
...Goldsmith, in his diverting simplicity, complained one day, in a mixed company, of Lord Camden. 'I rank. 492 SHORTHAND WRITING [1773 I expressed a doubt...intended it, in order that I might hear the truth 1 I am not entirely without suspicion that Johnson may have felt a little momentary envy ; for no man... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 726 pagina’s
...complained one day, in a mixed company, of Lord Camden. 'I met him (said he,) at Lord Clare's house hi the country, and he took no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary man.' 1 I am not entirely without suspicion that Johnson may have felt a little momentary envy ; for no man... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 634 pagina’s
...ending in an exemplary death, confirmed the strong impressions his merit had made on Dr. Johnson." (said he), Dr. Goldsmith is in the right. A nobleman ought to have made up such a man as Goldsmith ; and I think it is much against Lord Camden t he neglected him." Nor could... | |
 | Frank Frankfort Moore - 1910 - 530 pagina’s
...little man who was so well aware of his plainness and awkwardness, affirmed that he had his admirers. " He took no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary man ! " he cried indignantly, and the more the people about him laughed the graver his face would become,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1916 - 370 pagina’s
...Goldsmith, in his diverting simplicity, complained one day, in a mixed company, of Lord Camden. "I met him (said he) at Lord Clare's house in the country,...company having laughed heartily, Johnson stood forth in defense of his friend. "Nay, Gentlemen, (said he,) Dr. Goldsmith is in the right. A nobleman ought... | |
 | Nicholas Till - 1995 - 404 pagina’s
...genius'.163 Oliver Goldsmith was able to complain that at a social gathering a mere lord had taken 'no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary man', and Dr Johnson supported him with the sentiment that 'a noble man ought to have made up to such a man... | |
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I met him (said he) at Lord Clare's house' in the country, and he took no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary man. 
