...on the part of Lord Camden. He complained of it on his return to town at a party of his friends. 'I met him," said he, "at Lord Clare's house in the country;...than if I had been an ordinary man." " The company," says JJoswell, " laughed heartily at this piece of ' diverting simplicity.' " And foremost among the...

...number of people burst out laughing when Goldsmith publicly complained that he had met Lord Camden at Lord Clare's house in the country, "and he took no more notice of me than if 1 had been an ordinary man." Goldsmith's claiming to be a very extraordinary person was precisely a...

...on the part of Lord Camden. He complained of it on his return to town at a party of his friends. "I met him," said he, "at Lord Clare's house in the country;...than if I had been an ordinary man." "The company," says Bos well, "laughed heartily at this piece of 'diverting simplicity.'" And foremost among the laughers...

...Goldsmith, in his diverting simplicity, complained one day, in a mixed company, of Lord Camden. ' I met him (said he) at Lord Clare's house' in the country,...Johnson stood forth in defence of his friend. ' Nay, Gentleman, (said he,) Dr. Goldsmith is in the right. A nobleman ought to have made up to such a man...

...complained one day, in a mixed company, of Lord Camden. ' I met him (said he) at Lord Clare's house1 in the country, and he took no more notice of me than...Johnson stood forth in defence of his friend. ' Nay, Gentleman, (said he,) Dr. Goldsmith is in the right. A nobleman ought to have made up to such a man...

...complained one day, in a mixed company, of Lord Camden. ' I met him (said he) at Lord Clare's hduse1 in the country, and he took no more notice of me than...Johnson stood forth in defence of his friend. ' Nay, Gentleman, (said he,) Dr. Goldsmith is in the right. A nobleman ought to have made up to such a man...

...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...

...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...

...number of people burst out laughing when Goldsmith publicly complained that he had met Lord Camden at Lord Clare's house in the country, "and he took no more notice of me than if 1 had been an ordinary man." Goldsmith's claiming to be a very extraordinary person was precisely a...

...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...