 ... and feeblest intellect. Johnson described him as a fellow who had missed his only chance of immortality by not having been alive when the Dunciad was written. Beauclerk used his name as a proverbial expression for a bore. He was the laughing-stock...  The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment - Page 2071832Full view - About this book
 | 1831 - 652 pages
...laughing-stock of the whole of that brilliant society which has owed to him the greater part of its fame. Ho was always laying himself at the feet of some eminent...metaphor, but literally. He exhibited himself, at the Shakspearc Jubilee, to all the crowd which filled Stratford-on-Avon, with a placard around his hat,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 410 pages
...proverbial expression for a bore. He was the laughingstock of the whole of that brilliant society which has owed to him the greater part of its fame. He was always...ridiculous nickname, and then "binding it as a crown unto him,"—not merely in metaphor,.but literally. He exhibited himself, at the Shakspeare Jubilee, to... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pages
...proverbial expression for a bore. He was the laughing-stock of the whole of that brilliant society which has ! mini, and begging to be spit upon and trampled upon. He was always earning some ridiculous nickname,... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 396 pages
...of the whole of that brilliant society which has owed to him the greater part of its fame. He was 13 always laying himself at the feet of some eminent...begging to be spit upon, and trampled upon. He was 13 always earning some ridiculous nickname, and then "bending it as a crown unto him," not merely in... | |
 | 1852 - 780 pages
...proverbial expression for a bore. He was the laughing-stock of the whole of that brilliant society which has Dzv /Zi X/ Sԃ, \ 1 n 9Z z6 g [6 0 [ Ш ӽ...TP i Vl ^ j E 蚥v$ 6 ͐~! V3 dq FG붧R E h f 2 w Staffbrd-on-Avon, with a placard around his hat bearing the inscription of Corsica Baswell. In his... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 764 pages
...proverbial expression for a bore. He was the laughing-stock of the whole of that brilliant society which has owed to him the greater part of its fame. He was always...earning some ridiculous nickname, and then " binding il as a crown unto him," — not merely in metaphor, but literally. He exhibited himself at the Shakspeare... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 770 pages
...proverbial expression for a bore. He was the laughing-stuck of the whole of that brilliant society which has owed to him the greater part of its fame. He was always...some ridiculous nickname, and then "binding it as a cruwn unto him," — not merely in metaphor, but literally. II« exhibited himself at the Shakspeare... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 780 pages
...proverbial expression for a bore. He was the laughing-stock of the whole of that brilliant society which has the household book of the Northumberland family,...entirely on salt meat, without any bread at all. A more Stafford-on-Avon, with a placard around his hat bearing the inscription of Corsica Bosteell. In his... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 1102 pages
...laughing-stock of the whole of that brilliant society which has owed to him the greater part of its &me. He was always laying himself at the feet of some eminent...Shakspeare Jubilee, to all the crowd which filled Stratforl-on-Avon, with a placard round his hat bearing the inscription of Corsica Boswell. In his... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 820 pages
...proverbial expression for a bore. He was the laughing-stock of the whole of that brilliant society which has owed to him the greater part of its fame. He was always...nickname, and then " binding it as a crown unto him," — uot merely in metaphor, but literally. Hi exhibited himself at the Shakspeare Jubilee, to all the... | |
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