Famous houses and literary shrines of London (1912)
Adcock, Arthur St. John, 1864-1930, Adcock, Frederick · London, J.M. Dent & sons, ltd.; New York, E.P. Dutton & co. · leaf 146
that an order would be worth three shillings.Eager to take any opening to get into conversationwith him, I ventured to say, O sir, I cannot thinkMr. Garrick would grudge such a trifle to you. Sir, said he, with a stern look, * I have known DavidGarrick longer than you have done, and I know noright… … V/neee 3osvi€LL FIRST MerJoHHSON JOHNSON AND BOSWELL 113 justice of his animadversion upon his old acquaintanceand pupil. I now felt myself much mortified, andbegan to think that the hope which I had long in-dulged of obtaining his acquaintance was blasted.But he sat on resolutely, and was rewarded…
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