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" I met him (said he) at Lord Clare's house in the country, and he took no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary man. "
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 273
by James Boswell - 1826
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a ..., Volume 3

James Boswell - 1889 - 578 pages
...mixed company, of Lord Camden. " I met him," said he, " at Lord Clare's house in the country, and he took no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary...is much against Lord Camden that he neglected him." Nor could he patiently endure to hear, that such respect as he thought due only to higher intellectual...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson ... Comprising a Series of His Epistolary ...

James Boswell - 1890 - 568 pages
...mixed company, of Lord Camden. "I met him," said he, "at Lord Clare's house in the country, and he took no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary...is much against Lord Camden that he neglected him." Nor could he patiently endure to hear, that such respect as he thought due only to higher intellectual...
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Dictionary of Idiomatic Phrases...

J. M. Dixon - 1891 - 392 pages
...sadly afraid of being thought to make up to a girl for her money. — JUSTIN M'CAHTHY. Nay, gentlemen, Dr. Goldsmith is in the right. A nobleman ought to have made up to such a man as Goldsmith. — SAMUEL JOHNSON. To make up with — to become reconciled to ; to regain the good-will of. C. Many...
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English Men of Letters, Volume 11

John Morley - 1894 - 618 pages
...Goldsmith publicly complained that he had met Lord Camden at Lord Clare's house in the country, " and lie took no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary man." Goldsmith's claiming to be a very extraordinary person was precisely a stroke of that humorous self-depreciation...
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Milton, Volume 2, Part 1

Mark Pattison - 1895 - 570 pages
...having made a fool of himself ; and Johnson was compelled to come to his rescue. " Nay, gentlemen, Dr. Goldsmith is in the right. A nobleman ought to...is much against Lord Camden that he neglected him." Mention of Lord Clare naturally recalls the Haunch of Venison. Goldsmith was particularly happy in...
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Señorita Montenar

Archer Philip Crouch - 1898 - 312 pages
...regularity the medicine which the doctor made for him. It was cheerless work, for the young fellow took no more notice of me than if I had been an automaton invented for the sole purpose of ministering to his wants. Worst of all, his health did not...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L. D.: Together with a Journal of a ..., Volume 2

James Boswell - 1900 - 546 pages
...a mixed company, of Lord Camden. " I met him (said he) at Lord Clare's house in the country, and he took no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary...is much against Lord Camden that he neglected him." Nor could he patiently endure to hear that such respect as he thought due only to higher intellectual...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson ...: To which is Added The Journal of a ..., Volume 2

James Boswell - 1900 - 928 pages
...mixed company, of Lord Camden. " I met him," said he, " at Lord Clare's house in the country, and he LL : " That, sir, was great fortitude 1 think it is much against Lord Camden that he neglected him." Nor could he patiently endure to hear,...
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English Men of Letters: Milton, by Mark Pattison, 1900; Goldsmith, by ...

1900 - 570 pages
...having made a fool of himself ; and Johnson was compelled to come to his rescue. " Nay, gentlemen, Dr. Goldsmith is in the right. A nobleman ought to...is much against Lord Camden that he neglected him." Mention of Lord Clare naturally recalls the Haunch of Venison. Goldsmith was particularly happy in...
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The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1900 - 304 pages
...mixed company, of Lord Camden. " I met him," he said, " at Lord Clare's house in the country; and he took no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary man." At this, according to Boswell, himself and the company laughed heartily, whereupon Johnson stood forth...
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