亞當史密的狗

寫完約翰遜（Samuel Johnson）的貓，今次談亞當史密（Adam Smith）的狗。約翰遜和亞當史密屬同一個文人學者圍爐圈子，但從來都不太談得來，甚至有點討厭對方。約翰遜形容他悶蛋，悶到as dull a dog as he had ever met with，鮑斯威爾（James Boswell）更在日記中這樣記載約翰遜的評語：Adam Smith was the most disagreeable fellow after he had drank some wine, which, he said, 'bubbled in his mouth.'難道喝酒之後，亞當史密變得語無倫次 ...

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