...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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 ?...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...