...complained 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...than if I had been an ordinary man." " The company," says Boswell, " laughed heartily at this piece of ' diverting simplicity.' " And foremost among the...

...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...

...enquired the other sister. " Did he not look abashed ?" " I wish, Miss Norris, I could say he did ! But he took no more notice of me than if I had been that urn; and went on speaking to the young woman." " Did he indeed ? And could you not ascertain the...

...simplicity, complained one day, in a mixed company, of Lord Cunden. ' I met him,' said he, ' at Lord Clare's house in the country, and he took no more notice of...forth in defence of his friend. 'Nay, gentlemen,' «aid he, 'Dr. Goldsmith is in the right. Л nobleman ought to have made up to such > man ae Goldsmith...

...Goldsmith 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 1 had been an ordinary 'man." At this, according to Boswell, himself and the company laughed heartily;...

...simplicity, 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...defence of his friend. " Nay, gentlemen," said he, " Doctor Goldsmith is in the right. A nobleman ought to have made up to such a man as Goldsmith; and...

...people burst out laughing when Goldsmith publicly complained that he had met Lord Camdcn at Lord Clare's house in the country, " and he took no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary man." Goldsmith's claiming to be a very extraordinary person was precisely a stroke of that humorous self-depreciation...

...his friends. I met him," said he, " at Lord Clare's house in the country ; THE HAUNCH OF VENISOX. 147 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 laughers...

...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 I had been an ordinary man. " Goldsmith's claiming to be a very extraordinary person was precisely a stroke of that hnmorus self...

...; and I never in my life saw anything so dreadful as the change that came over his face as he read. He took no more notice of me than if I had been a worm, but dug his heels into his horse's sides and galloped off under the low boughs. I thought he...