...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...scornful. Recollect that I have seen Pope, and lived with Gray.—Adieu!" Such a letter seems not to have been written by a literary man—it is the babble of...

...Dr. Johnson, down to the silly Dr. Goldsmith; though the latter changeling has had bright gleams cf parts, and the former had sense till he changed it...Recollect that I have seen Pope, and lived with Gray.'* Walpole was too acute not to admire Fielding ; yet he evidently delights to lower the man, in the gusto...

...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. Becollect that I have seen Pope, and lived with Gray. — Adieu !" Such a letter seems not to have...

...Dr. Johnson, down to the silly Dr. Goldsmith ; though the latter changeling has had bright gleams cf parts, and the former had sense till he changed it...and sold it for a pension. Don't think me scornful. Eecollect that I have seen Pope, and lived with Gray.'* Walpole was too acute not to admire Fielding...

...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...scornful. Recollect that I have seen Pope, and lived with Gray.—Adieu!" Such a letter seems not to have been written by a literary man—it is the babble of...

...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. Eccollect that I have seen Pope, and lived with Gray. — Adicu !" Such a letter seems not to have...

...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 !" Such a letter seems not to have been written by a literary man — it is the babble of a thoughtless...

...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 !" Such a letter seems not to have been written by a literary man — it is the babble of a thoughtless...

...contemporaries, from ' the absurd bombast of Doctor Johnson ' down to the silly Doctor Goldsmith ; 'though the latter changeling has had ' bright gleams...scornful. Recollect that I have ' seen Pope and lived witU Gray." CflU. Lett, V. 345-e. St. George's day, 1771, Sir Joshua Reynolds took the chair at the...

...the restof mycontemporaries, 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...