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Page xxiv
... laughter . If any bigoted admirer of Kelly and Cumberland ven- tured to hiss or groan , he was speedily silenced by a general cry of " turn him out , " or " throw him over . " Two generations have since confirmed the verdict which was ...
... laughter . If any bigoted admirer of Kelly and Cumberland ven- tured to hiss or groan , he was speedily silenced by a general cry of " turn him out , " or " throw him over . " Two generations have since confirmed the verdict which was ...
Page xxviii
... laughing - stock of his hearers . He was painfully sensible of his inferiority in conversation ; he felt every failure keenly ; yet he had not sufficient judgment and self - command to hold his tongue . His animal spirits and vanity ...
... laughing - stock of his hearers . He was painfully sensible of his inferiority in conversation ; he felt every failure keenly ; yet he had not sufficient judgment and self - command to hold his tongue . His animal spirits and vanity ...
Page xxxviii
... laugh , and said that Goldsmith should in future always be called the notable man . What I meant , however , to say was , that he was a man of note or eminence . He appeared to me to be very unaffected and good - natured ; but he was ...
... laugh , and said that Goldsmith should in future always be called the notable man . What I meant , however , to say was , that he was a man of note or eminence . He appeared to me to be very unaffected and good - natured ; but he was ...
Page xli
... laugh ? ' I answered , Exceed- ingly . ' Then , ' said the Doctor , that is all I require . ' 6 ( One day Dr. Johnson and Dr. Goldsmith meeting at Sir Joshua Reynolds's table , the conversation turned on the merits of that well - known ...
... laugh ? ' I answered , Exceed- ingly . ' Then , ' said the Doctor , that is all I require . ' 6 ( One day Dr. Johnson and Dr. Goldsmith meeting at Sir Joshua Reynolds's table , the conversation turned on the merits of that well - known ...
Page lxxii
... laughed at it ; and no man was ever very mischievous whose errors excited mirth : he never formed any scheme , or joined in any combination , to hurt any man living . His inviting persons to condemn Mr. Home's tragedy , at first sight ...
... laughed at it ; and no man was ever very mischievous whose errors excited mirth : he never formed any scheme , or joined in any combination , to hurt any man living . His inviting persons to condemn Mr. Home's tragedy , at first sight ...
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