 | 1873 - 882 σελίδες
...fô I H-) Ix. 48. vi. 375. from the absurd bombast of Dr. Johnson down to the silly Dr. Goldsmith ; though the latter changeling has had bright gleams...he changed it for words and sold it for a pension." (a) Mr. Mason's acquaintance he had the privilege of, and kept up a profuse exchange of compliments... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1820 - 894 σελίδες
...Dr. Johnson down to the silly Dr. Goldsmith ; though the latter changeling has had bright gleams ot parts, and the former had sense, till he changed it...Recollect that I have seen Pope, and lived with Gray. * * « * * From Berkeley castle I v/ent to Thornbury, of which the ruins are half ruined. It would... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1873 - 810 σελίδες
...restof my contemporaries, from the absurd bombast of Dr. Johnson down to the silly Dr. Goldsmith ; though the latter changeling has had bright gleams...he changed it for words and sold it for a pension.' 27 Mr. Mason's acquaintance he had the privilege of, and kept up a profuse exchange of compliments... | |
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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... 
