 This Exhibition has filled the heads of the Artists and lovers of art. Surely life, if it be not long, is tedious, since we are forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles to rid us of our time, of that time which never can return.  The Metropolitan - Pagina 141842Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1788 - 404 pagina’s
...life, if it be not long, is tedious, fince we are forced to call in the afliftance of fo many trifles to rid us of our time, of that time which never can return. 1 know my Baretti will not be fatisfied with a letter in which I give him no account of myfelf r yet... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pagina’s
...life, if it be not long, is tedious, since we -tire forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles to rid us of our time, of that time which never can return. " I know my Baretti will not be satisfied with a letter in which I give him no account of myself :... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pagina’s
...life, if it be not long, is tedious, since we are forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles' to rid us of our time, of that time which never can return. 1 Hawkins (Life, p. 318) says that Johnson told him ' that in his whole life he was never capable of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pagina’s
...life, if it be not long, is tedious, since we are forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles' to rid us of our time, of that time which never can return. ' Hawkins (Life, p. 318) says that Johnson told him 'that in his whole life he was never capable of... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1814 - 718 pagina’s
...if it be not long, is tedious ; since we are forced to call in tire assistance of' so many trifles, to rid us of our time — of that time which never can return.' '• The cynical turn of this latter observation is certainly not in anison with the sentiments which... | |
 | Frank Elizabeth - 1814 - 400 pagina’s
...life, if it is not long, is tedious, since we are forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles, to rid us of our time ; of that time which never can return. I know my Baretti will not be satisfied with a letter in which I give him no account of myself: yet... | |
 | Elizabeth Frank - 1814 - 400 pagina’s
...life, if it is not long, is tedious, since we are forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles, to rid us of our time ; of that time which never can return. I know my Baretti will not be satisfied with a letter in which I give him no account of myself: yet... | |
 | James Northcote - 1819 - 382 pagina’s
...life, if it be not long, is tedious ; since we are forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles, to rid us of our time — of that time which never can return." The cynical turn of this latter observation is certainly not in unison with the sentiments which dictated... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 394 pagina’s
...life, if it be not long, is tedious, since we are forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles to rid us of our time, of that time which never can return. " I know my Baretti will not be satisfied with a letter in which I give him no account of myself: yet... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 514 pagina’s
...life, if it be not long, is tedious, since we are forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles to rid us of our time, of that time which never can return. " I know my Baretti will not be satisfied with a letter in which I five him no account of myself: yet... | |
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