...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 iur. Boswell's Life, ii. 120. '<• Surely there are precedents enough for the practice, though pessimi...

...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 lo riw. Boswell's Life, ii. 120. f Surely there are precedents enough for the practice, though pessimi...

...proceeded not from imbecility, but from foppery. " He loved, he said, fhe old black letter books ; they were rich in matter, though their style was inelegant;..." Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, he said, was the ouly book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. " He frequently exhorted...

...has been held in the highest estimation by the first literary men of our country. Dr. Johnson says it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise; and Warton remarks, that " the writer's variety of learning, his quotations from scarce and curious...

...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...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...

...proceeded not from imbecility, but from foppery. " He loved, he said, the old black-letter books ; 7 boot that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. " He frequently exhorted...

...proceeded not from imbecility, but from foppery. " He loved, he said, the old btaci-letter books ; they were rich in matter, though their style was inelegant...were with the best models of antiquity. "• Burton's ' Anatomv of Melancholy,' he said, was the only boob that ever took him uut of bed two hours sooner...

...was great power and spirit in what Burton said, when he wrote from his own mind. He confessed that it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours earlier than he wished to rise."—Bosmell. 1010 (John) Monasticon Eboracense: and the Ecclesiastical...

...variety of learning, and originality of thought, and is said by the great Dr. Johnson ti> have been the "only book that ever took him out of bed, two hours sooner than he wished to rise." Extract from Burton's " Anatomy of Melanchobj.'' " What would Democritus the philosopher have said,...

...forgotten, which »"ed ¡U revival to the inordinate praise vi Dr. Johnson, who observed that it ' tai the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rl-e.' From this storehouse of learning, intermingled with quaint observation« and witty illustrations,...