| James Boswell - 1824 - 458 páginas
...near Bath, in competition for honorary prizes, being mentioned, he held them very cheap ; Bouts rimes (said he) is a mere conceit, and an old conceit now;..."He was a blockhead for his pains." BOSWELL : " The Dutchess of Northumberland wrote." JOHNSON : "Sir, the Dutchess of Northumberland may do what she pleases... | |
| James Boswell - 1824 - 474 páginas
...near Bath, in competition for honorary prizes, being mentioned, he held them very cheap ; Bouts rimes (said he) is a mere conceit, and an old conceit now...Vase. JOHNSON : " He was a blockhead for his pains." Bo SWELL : " The Dutchess of Northumberland wrote." JOHNSON : " Sir, the Dutchess of Northumberland... | |
| James Boswell - 1827 - 576 páginas
...Bath, in competition for honorary prizes, being mentioned, he held them very cheap ; /';•.//'- rimes (said he) is a mere conceit, and an old conceit now...how people were persuaded to write in that manner lor this lady." I named a gentleman of his acquaintance who wrote for the vase. JOHNSON : "He was a... | |
| James Boswell - 1827 - 622 páginas
...an old conceit noic ; I wonder how people were persuaded to write hi that manner for this lady." J 827 : "Tii3 Dutchess of Northumberland wrote." JOHN-SON : " Sir, the Dutchess of Northumberland may do... | |
| Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1840 - 536 páginas
...Johnson held them very cheap : ' Bouts-rimes,' said he, ' is a mere conceit, and an old conceit ; 1 wonder how people were persuaded to write in that...acquaintance who wrote for the vase. JOHNSON. — ' He was a Before I could finish this, I received your dispatches by Sir Thomas Clarges, and a most entertaining... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1842 - 590 páginas
...Dr. Johnson held them very cheap : ' Boutt-rimrt,' said he, ' is a mere conceit, and an old conceit; I wonder how people were persuaded to write in that...vase. Johnson.—' He was a blockhead for his pains !' Boswcll. ' The Duchess of Northumberland wrote.' Johnson. ' Sir, the Duchess of Northumberland may... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1842 - 632 páginas
...Dr. Johnson held them very cheap : ' Bouls-rimes,' said he, ' is a mere conceit, and an old conceit; I wonder how people were persuaded to write in that...acquaintance who wrote for the vase. Johnson. — ' He was a blockhoad for his pains !' Boswell. ' The Duchess of Northumberland wrote.' Johnson. ' Sir, the Duchess... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1844 - 414 páginas
...Boswell, " held them very cheap. ' Bouts-rimés,' said he, ' is a mere conceit, and an old conceit ; I wonder how people were persuaded to write in that...Northumberland may do what she pleases ; nobody will say anything to a lady of her high rank ; but I should be apt to throw 's verses in his face.' "f * Walpole's... | |
| James Tunstall - 1847 - 336 páginas
...competition for honorary prizes, being mentioned, he (Dr. Johnson) held them very cheap. ' Bouts rlm^s,' said he, ' is a mere conceit, and an old conceit now...persuaded to write in that manner for this lady.' I (Boswell) named a gentleman of his acquaintance who wrote for the vase. — Johnson. 'He was a blockhead... | |
| James Tunstall - 1848 - 354 páginas
...conceit now, — I wonder how people were persuaded to write in that manner for this lady.' I (Boswell) named a gentleman of his acquaintance who wrote for...Northumberland may do what she pleases ; nobody will say anything to a lady of her high rank. But I should be apt to throw 's verses in his face.' " Returning... | |
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