 | George Winfred Hervey - 1853 - 384 strani
...Northumberland, and receipts to make them by Cory don. Dr. Johnson held the collection very cheap. "Bouts*rimis" said he, " is a mere conceit, and an old conceit now....persuaded to write in that manner for this lady." " A gentleman of my acquaintance wrote for the vase," replies one. " He was a blockhead for his pains."... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1857 - 566 strani
...Dr. Johnson held them very cheap : ' Uout*-rimfi,' said he, ' is a mere conceit, and an old conceit ; I wonder how people were persuaded to write in that manner for thU lady.' I named a gentleman of his acquaintance who wrote for the vase. JOHNSOH — ' He was a blockhead... | |
 | James Boswell - 1858 - 464 strani
...festival; six tion 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 ******'g verses in his face." I talked... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1886 - 588 strani
...held these verses very cheap. " Bouts rimes," said he, " is a mere conceit, and an old conceit, and I wonder how people were persuaded to write in that manner for this lady. The Duchess of Northumberland may do what ehe pleases — nobody will say anything to a lady of her... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1902 - 884 strani
...Olympic contests and the share taken in them by her Grace of Northumberland, Boswell has told us. ' Sir, I wonder how people were persuaded to write in that manner for this lady. Sir, the Duchess of Northumberland may do what she pleases ; nobody will say anything to a lady of... | |
 | George Winfred Hervey - 1860 - 422 strani
...the collection very cheap. " Bouts-rime's," said he, " is a mere conceit, and an old conceit now. 1 wonder how people were persuaded to write in that manner for this lady." " A gentleman of my acquaintance \ .ute for the vase," replies one. " He was a blockhead for his pains."... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1861 - 552 strani
...Dr. Johnson held them very cheap : ' BouU-rimfs,' 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 * * * verses in his face.' " Boswell,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 strani
...Bath, in competition for honorary prizes, being mentioned, he held them very cheap : ' Bouttrimet,' 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 hia face.' I talked... | |
 | James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 strani
...Bath, in competition for honorary prizes, being mentioned, he held them very cheap : ' Boutsrimes,' e went to Julien Le Roy, the King's watehmaker, a...character in his business, who showed a small elock gentlemar of his acquaintance who wrote for the vase. JOHNSON: 'He was a blockhead for his pains.'... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 584 strani
...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;...his pains." BOSWELL. "The Duchess of Northumberland wrote."5 JOHNSON. " Sir, the Duchess of Northumberland may do what she pleases : nobody will say any... | |
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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. 
