 | Thomas Holcroft, William Hazlitt - 1925
...near Bath, in competition for honorary prizes, being mentioned, he held them very cheap : ' Boutsrimes (said he) is a mere conceit, and an old conceit now...persuaded to write in that manner for this lady.' " BoswelPs Life of Johnson (ed . GB Hill, II, 336).— W.-G. 2 See my Bibliography. secretary to a... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1902
...mentioned, he held them very cheap : ".Boutsrimes (said he) is a mere conceit, and an old conceit navj ; I wonder how people were 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... | |
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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. 
