 | George Canning, John Hookham Frere, George Ellis - 1890 - 456 páginas
...was, " He was a blockhead for his pains." Said Boswell, " The Duchess of Northumberland wrote." Said Johnson, "Sir, the Duchess of Northumberland may do what she pleases ; nobody will say anything to a lady of her high rank. But I should be apt to throw " [shall we say George Ellis's] "... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1891 - 576 páginas
...Dr. Johnson held them very cheap: ' Bouts-rim(»,' 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 !' BOSWBLIt—' The Duchess of Northumberland wrote.' JOHNSOB—' Sir, the Dnchess of Northumberland... | |
 | William Henry Craig - 1895 - 300 páginas
...objected to the degradation of a movement to which he had lent his support. " I wonder," he growled, " how people were persuaded to write in that manner for this lady." BosWELL : " I named a gentleman of his acquaintance who wrote for the vase." JOHNSON : " He was a blockhead... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 páginas
...Bath, in competition for honorary prizes, being mentioned, he held them very cheap : " Boutsrimes," language, as if you had never done anything else...General said, " Qucsto è и/г troppo gran complimenta acquaintance164 who wrote for the vase. JOHNSON : " He was a blockhead for his pains." BOSWELL: "The... | |
 | James Boswell - 1901 - 448 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...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.' I talked... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 428 páginas
...Boswell, " held them very cheap. • Bouts-rimts? 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.' " These... | |
 | John Francis Meehan - 1901 - 366 páginas
...According to Bos well, Johnson held these Batheaston competitions cheaply. " Bouts-rimes" he said, "is a mere conceit, and an old conceit now. I wonder...persuaded to write in that manner for this lady." On being reminded that an acquaintance (supposed to be Dr. Graves, of Claverton) wrote for the vase,... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1902 - 400 páginas
...Boswell, " held them very cheap. ' Bouts-rimt's,' 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.' " These... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1902 - 472 páginas
...Bath, in competition for honorary prizes, being mentioned, he held them very cheap : " Boutsrime's (said he) is a mere conceit, and an old conceit now...persuaded to write in that manner for this lady." ' — Boswell's Life of Johnson (ed. GB Hill, ii. 336). 88. White-Conduit House. The tea-gardens formerly... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1902 - 428 páginas
...but in this hot climate, ran distracted, there never was anything so entertaining or so dull." ess of Northumberland wrote.' Johnson. — 'Sir, the Duchess...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.' " These... | |
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Sir, the Duchess of 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. 
