 | William Allingham - 1893 - 396 σελίδες
...rest of my contemporaries, from the absurd bombast of Dr. Johnson down to the silly Dr. Goldsmith ; though the latter changeling has had bright gleams...sense, till he changed it for words, and sold it for a pension.'5 Mr. Mason's acquaintance he had the privilege of, and kept up a profuse exchange of compliments... | |
 | John N. Crawford - 1903 - 442 σελίδες
...rest of my contemporaries, from the absurd bombast of Dr. Johnson down to the silly Dr. Goldsmith. Though the latter changeling has had bright gleams of parts, and the former had sense until he changed it for words and sold it for a pension. It was he who called Goldsmith " an inspired... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1904 - 492 σελίδες
...the rest of my cotemporaries, from the absurd bombast of Dr. Johnson down to the silly Dr. Goldsmith, though the latter changeling has had bright gleams...that I have 'seen Pope, and lived with Gray. Adieu ! Yours ever, H. WALPOLB. PS Mr. Essex has shown me a charming drawing, from a charming round window... | |
 | William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson - 1908 - 312 σελίδες
...rest of my contemporaries, from the absurd bombast of Dr. Johnson down to the silly Dr. Goldsmith, though the latter changeling has had bright gleams...that I have seen Pope, and lived with Gray. Adieu ! 1 Christopher Anstey, author of the ATcic Bath Guide. Among other works Anstey published The Patriot,... | |
 | William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson - 1908 - 312 σελίδες
...rest of my contemporaries, from the absurd bombast of Dr. Johnson down to the silly Dr. Goldsmith, though the latter changeling has had bright gleams...and sold it for a pension. Don't think me scornful. Eecollect that I have seen Pope, and lived with Gray. Adieu ! 1 Christopher Anstey, author of the New... | |
 | Mabel Duckitt - 1913 - 488 σελίδες
...to the silly Dr. Goldsmith ; though the latter changeling has had bright gleams of parts, and though the former had sense, till he changed it for words,...that I have seen Pope, and lived with Gray. Adieu ! To THE Miss BERRYS Their first meeting Tuesday night, 8 o'clock, 17 Sept. 1793. MY BELOVED SPOUSES,... | |
 | Alice Drayton Greenwood - 1913 - 306 σελίδες
...Walpole, who despised Johnson for his "teeth-breaking diction " and his bad manners, allowed that he "had sense, till he changed it for words, and sold it for a pension." The acceptance of even a professorship or a canonry, being crown appointments, he considered dubious;... | |
 | Hans Meier - 1916 - 124 σελίδες
...performance nennt, stuffed with all his crabbed phrases and vulgarisms,57) wenn er behauptet: Johnson had sense, till he changed it for words, and sold it for a pension,58) wenn er kein anderes Wort findet als trifling Johnson.59) an odious and mean character,60)... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1926 - 338 σελίδες
...rest of my contemporaries, from the absurd bombast of Dr. Johnson down to the silly Dr. Goldsmith, though the latter changeling has had bright gleams...that I have seen Pope, and lived with Gray. Adieu! Yours ever, H. WALPOLE. PS Mr. Essex has shown me a charming drawing, from a charming round window... | |
 | Thomas Lucian Cline - 1923 - 300 σελίδες
...Woodward speaks a poor prologue, written by Garrick, admirably." Johnson down to the silly Dr. Goldsmith, though the latter changeling has had bright gleams...Recollect that I have seen Pope, and lived with Gray." This comment from Burns is a memorable tribute to the beauty of Goldsmith's poetry and is a proper... | |
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I have no thirst to know the rest of my contemporaries, from the absurd bombast of Dr. Johnson down to the silly Dr. Goldsmith, though the latter changeling has had bright gleams of parts, and the former had sense, till he changed it for words, and sold... 
