 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903
...Walpole (Letters, v. , ao). A selection of the poems was published and sold, although Johnson said : " I wonder how people were persuaded to write in that manner for this lady." Lady Miller published without her name Letters from Italy which fell under Walpole's censure. *Edward... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904
...Bath, in competition for honorary prizes, being mentioned, he held them very cheap : ' Bouts rimes n the most perfect manner ; the other is a conclusion,...disappointed, when they find him displaying a perfect theory : 1775] RETIRING FROM BUSINESS 577 nobody will say anything to a lady of her high rank. But I should... | |
 | Alfred Barbeau - 1904 - 328 páginas
...Bath, in competitions for honorary prizes, being mentioned, he held them very cheap : ' Bouts rimes,' said he, ' is a mere conceit, and an old conceit now...JOHNSON. 'Sir, the Duchess of Northumberland may do as she pleases : nobody will say anything to a lady of her high rank. But I should be apt to throw... | |
 | Alfred Barbeau - 1904 - 398 páginas
...Bath, in competition for honorary prizes, being mentioned, -he held them very cheap : ' Bouts-rimés ', said he, • is a mere conceit, and an old conceit...wrote for the Vase. Johnson. ' He was a blockhead for bis pains '. Boswell. ' The Duchess of Northumberland wrote '. Johnson. ' Sir, the Duchess of Northumberland... | |
 | Alfred Barbeau - 1904 - 398 páginas
...competition for honorary prizes, being mentioned. ne held them very cheap : ' Bouts-rimes ', said he, ' ia a mere conceit, and an old conceit now; I wonder how...wrote for the Vase. Johnson. ' He was a blockhead for bis pains '. Bostrell. ' The Duchess of Northumberland wrote '.-Johnson. • Sir, theDuchess of Northumberland... | |
 | Ethel Rolt-Wheeler - 1910 - 352 páginas
...be persuaded to write for the lady. " I named a gentleman of his acquaintance," Boswell relates, " who wrote for the vase." Johnson : "He was a blockhead...Northumberland may do what she pleases ; nobody will say anything to a lady of her rank." " Bout rimds" he said on another occasion, " is a mere conceit, and... | |
 | Ethel Rolt-Wheeler - 1910 - 352 páginas
...be persuaded to write for the lady. " I named a gentleman of his acquaintance," Boswell relates, " who wrote for the vase." Johnson : "He was a blockhead...pains." Boswell: "The Duchess of Northumberland wrote." fohnson : " Sir, the Duchess of Northumberland may do what she pleases ; nobody will say anything to... | |
 | Emily James Putnam - 1910 - 418 páginas
...of the contents of the famous vase, dealt with it a priori in his favourite manner. "Bouts-rimes," said he, "is a mere conceit, and an old conceit now; I wonder how many people were persuaded to write in that manner for this lady?" I named a gentleman of his acquaintance... | |
 | John Francis Meehan - 1913 - 43 páginas
...According to Boswell, 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,... | |
 | Oswald Doughty - 1922 - 461 páginas
...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.' " '... | |
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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. 
