...Goldsmith, in his diverting simplicity, complained one day, in a mixed company, of Lord Camden. " I I had no notion that I was wrong or irreverent to...tutor." BOSWELL : " That, sir, was great fortitude 1 think it is much against Lord Camden that he neglected him." Nor could he patiently endure to hear,...

...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...

...Camden. He complained of it on his return to town at a party of his friends. "I met him," said he, 15 " at Lord Clare's house in the country ; and he took...than if I had been an ordinary man." " The company," says Boswell, " laughed heartily at this piece of ' diverting simplicity.' " And foremost among the...

...instance he thought the dignity of literature itself involved in the question. " Nay, gentlemen," roared he, " Dr. Goldsmith is in the right. A nobleman ought...made up to such a man as Goldsmith, and I think it i& much against Lord Camden that he neglected him." After Goldsmith's return to town he received from...

...complained one day, in a mixed company, of Lord Camden. 'I met him (said he,) at Lord Clare's house hi the country, and he took no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary man.' 1 I am not entirely without suspicion that Johnson may have felt a little momentary envy ; for no man...

...ending in an exemplary death, confirmed the strong impressions his merit had made on Dr. Johnson." (said he), Dr. Goldsmith is in the right. A nobleman ought to have made up such a man as Goldsmith ; and I think it is much against Lord Camden t he neglected him." Nor could...

...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,...company having laughed heartily, Johnson stood forth in defense of his friend. "Nay, Gentlemen, (said he,) Dr. Goldsmith is in the right. A nobleman ought...

...genius'.163 Oliver Goldsmith was able to complain that at a social gathering a mere lord had taken 'no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary man', and Dr Johnson supported him with the sentiment that 'a noble man ought to have made up to such a man...

...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,...Gentlemen, (said he,) Dr. Goldsmith is in the right. A nohleman ought to have made up to such a man as Goldsmith; and I think it is much against Ixird Camden...

...father heartily and chattered away without any suspicion of scolding. I was surprised. As usual she took no more notice of me than if I had been an adult. She did not say, "Darling little Letty," or "What lovely eyes," or any of the things to which...