| George Burnett - 1807 - 528 페이지
...esteemed one of the most facetious companions in the university. Dr. Johnson says of this work, that " it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise." And again, " it is, perhaps, overloaded with quotations ; but there is great spirit and great power... | |
| George Burnett - 1807 - 528 페이지
...esteemed one of the most facetious companions in the university. Dr. Johnson says of this work, that" it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise." And again, " it is, perhaps, overloaded with quotations ; but there is great spirit and great power... | |
| George Burnett - 1807 - 970 페이지
...esteemed one of the most facetious companions in the university. Dr. Johnson says of this work, that " it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise." And again, " it is, perhaps, overloaded with quotations ; but there is great spirit and great power... | |
| W. Gardiner - 1808 - 786 페이지
...frontispiece and por* -trait M. ^2 12s 6Ц Dr. Johnson says, " that this is the only work which етег took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise.'» £10 Bulwer's Artificia] Changling, 4to. portrait by Faithorne, ¿¿Z 2s — — — 1653 511 Chetwind's... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1809 - 520 페이지
...recondite learning, he had .recourse to Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, of which he has affirmed, that " it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise." * In the Gentleman's Magazine for 1736, p. 418. The prospect of succeeding in his academy growing every... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1809 - 530 페이지
...recondite learning, he had recourse to Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, of which he has affirmftd, that " it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise." • In the Gentleman's Magazine for 1736, p. 418. The prospect of succeeding in his academy growing... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1809 - 524 페이지
...recondite learning, he had recourse to Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, of which he has affirmed, that " it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise." •; •. . I . '* In the Gentleman'! Magazine for 1736, p. 418. The prospect of succeeding in his... | |
| James Boswell - 1817 - 466 페이지
...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 ; wonderfully so, considering boa conversant the writers were with the best models of antiquity. " Burton's ' Anatomy of Melancholy,'... | |
| John Selden - 1818 - 678 페이지
...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 veiV highly. Dr. Percy (who was present),... | |
| 1825 - 458 페이지
...language*. Dr. Johnson once said, " The old black letter books are rich in mattei though their style is inelegant, wonderfully so, considering how conversant...the writers were with the best models of antiquity." If the Doctor had not been very partial to classical lore himself, this would not have appeared wonderful... | |
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