 | John T. Lynch - 2003 - 244 стор.
...fascinate Johnson. Boswell records Maxwell's observation that "Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy' . . . was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise," along with Johnson's own evaluation of the work: "Burton's 'Anatomy of Melancholy' is a valuable work.... | |
 | Sarah Jordan - 2003 - 308 стор.
...prevent insanity from burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, a book he greatly admired, saying once that it "was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise." 47 In writing to Boswell about Boswell's melancholy, Johnson says, "The great direction which Burton... | |
 | Barbara Ehrenreich - 2007 - 346 стор.
...themselves. Samuel Johnson, for example, was an admirer of Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, asserting it "was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise."11 Increasing interest in melancholy is not, however, evidence of an increase in the prevalence... | |
 | James Attlee - 2007 - 297 стор.
...today a nervous breakdown. Johnson studied Burton well; he famously said that The Anatomy of Melancholy "was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours earlier than he wanted to rise." As he was a notorious lie-a-bed, this was a literary achievement indeed.... | |
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Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, he said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. 
