 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 402 страници
...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; and he took no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary man." " The company," says Boswell, " laughed heartily at this piece of ' diverting simplicity.' " And foremost among the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 400 страници
...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; and he took no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary man." " The company," says Boswell, " laughed heartily at this piece of ' diverting simplicity.' " And foremost among the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - 380 страници
...simplicity of his heart, he complained 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.'73 In reciting verses, he was very vain of his harmonious voice and correct judgment. I was (says... | |
 | John Forster - 1854 - 578 страници
...complained one day, in a 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... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1854 - 776 страници
...firm, bold voice, I said, — " Rather cold this evening, sir ! " Still no reply : not even a nod. He took no more notice of me than if I had been a stock or a stone. I began to feel rather angry. Was it possible that he could mean to insult me ?... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - 1858 - 442 страници
...save the ticking of the great clock over the door. I began to address my inquiries to the porter ; but he took no more notice of me than if I had been one of my own boxes, and sauntered off to fetch the remainder of them from the opposite platform. Hereupon... | |
 | Fanny Mary Thomson - 1859 - 378 страници
...addressed, must drive us to Miss Benson's boarding house, on the English quay, which was our home ; but as he took no more notice of me than if I had been a parrot, I repeated my phrase with a stronger accent of impatience but really a little mixed with... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1861 - 416 страници
...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; and he took no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary man." a The company," says Boswell, u laughed heartily at this piece of ' diverting simplicity.3 " And foremost... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1862 - 328 страници
...complained one day, in 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...ordinary man.' The company having laughed heartily, Johnson stood forth in defence of his friend: «Nay, gentlemen,* said he, * Dr. Goldsmith is in the... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 страници
...complained one day, in 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...ordinary man." The company having laughed heartily, Johnson stood forth in defence of his friend. " Nay, gentlemen," said he, " Dr. Goldsmith is in the... | |
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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. 
