| James Boswell - 1820 - 372 pagina’s
...proceeded not from imbecillity, but from foppery. • He loved, he said, the old black letter books ; they were rich in matter, though their style was inelegant...sooner than he wished to rise. He frequently exhorted Dr. Maxwell to set about writing a history of Ireland, and archly remarked, there had been some good... | |
| 1821 - 372 pagina’s
...history proceeded not from imbecillity, but from foppery. He loved, he said, the old black letter books ; they were rich in matter, though their style was inelegant;...sooner than he wished to rise. He frequently exhorted Dr. Maxwell to set about writing a history of Ireland, and archly remarked, there had been some good... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pagina’s
...proceeded not from imbecility, but from foppery. " He loved, he said, the old black letter books ; they were rich in matter, though their style was inelegant...out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. et diversite des commoditez : la gloire de la France, et l'un des plus nobles ornamens du monde." Vol.... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pagina’s
...proceeded not from imbecility, but from foppery. " He loved, he said, the old black letter books ; they were rich in matter, though their style was inelegant...out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. ct diversite des commoditez: la gloirc de la France, ct 1'un des plus nobles ornamens du monde." Vol.... | |
| Robert Burton - 1821 - 612 pagina’s
...ArchbisKop Hen-ing's Letters, 12mo. 1777. p. 149, " BURTON'S ANATOMY OF MKLANCHOLY, he (Dr. Johnson) said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise." .Uoswell's Life of Johnson, vol. 1. p. 580. 8vo. edit. " BURTON'S ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY is a valuable... | |
| James Boswell - 1822 - 480 pagina’s
...history proceeded not from imbecility, but from foppery. " He loved, he said, the old black letter books; they were rich in matter, though their style was inelegant;...said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed t\vo hours sooner than he wished to rise. " He frequently exhorted me to set about writing a History... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 512 pagina’s
...have done, for amusement after the fatigue of study. H. — Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, Johnson said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. Boswell's Life, ii. 120. - Surely there are precedents enough for the practice, though pessimi exempli,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 506 pagina’s
...have done, for amusement after the fatigue of study. H. — Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, Johnson said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. Boswell's Life, ii. 120. - Surely there. are precedents enough for the practice, though pessimi exempli,... | |
| Samuel Johnson, James Boswell - 1825 - 370 pagina’s
...spirit and great power in what Burton says, when he writes from his own mind." He observed, that it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. Books of Travels having been mentioned, Johnson praised Pennant very highly. Dr. Percy (who was present),... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 506 pagina’s
...have done, for amusement after the fatigue of study. H.— Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, Johnson said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rite. Boswell's Life, ii. 120. they have not the sprightliness of a dialogue animated by reciprocal... | |
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