"Parnassian" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... p. 462) says:—'She did not take at Edinburgh. Lord Kames, who was at first catched with her Parnassian coquetry, said at last that he believed she had as much learning as a well-educated college lad here of sixteen. In genuine feelings and deeds she was remarkably deficient. We saw her often in the neighbourhood ...
— The Life Of Johnson, Volume 3 of 6 • Boswell |
