| James Boswell - 1835 - 604 стор.
...history proceeded not from imbecility, but from foppery. " He loved, he said, the old black letter books; is majesty expressed a desire to have the literary...comply with his majesty's wishes. During the whole of look him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. " He frequently exhorted me to set about... | |
| 1836 - 600 стор.
...and was seldom seen except on the book-stalls, until brought into notice by Johnson (who said that it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise), Warton, and others. Mr. Steevens in his own copy noted a rise in price, within a few years, from eighteen... | |
| Robert Burton - 1836 - 768 стор.
...full of sterling sense." — Archbishop Herring'» Leiter», 12mo. 1777. DR. JOHNSON speaks of it as the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours BOJiier than he wished to rise. " THE ANATOMY or MELANCHOLY is a book which has been universally read... | |
| Robert Burton - 1837 - 644 стор.
...Archbishop Herring's Letters, 12mo. 1777. p. 149. "BURTON'S ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY, he (Dr. Johnson) said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise." Boswell's Life of Johnson, vol. ip 580. 8vo. edit. " BURTON'S ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY is a valuable book,i'... | |
| Robert Burton - 1838 - 762 стор.
...full of sterling sense." — Archbithop Herring's Letteri, 12mo. 1777. DR. JOHNSON speaks of it as t he scorned him any answer, tacite exprobrans fortunam suam (saith mine author), up "THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY is a book which has been universally read and admired. This work is for... | |
| Robert Burton - 1838 - 762 стор.
...full of sterling sense." — Archbishop Herring'i Ltlteri, 12mo. 1777. DR. JOHNSON speaks of it as the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. " TBB ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY is a book which has been universally read and admired. This work is for... | |
| Robert Burton - 1840 - 770 стор.
...full of sterling sense." — Archbithop Herring'» Leiter», 12mo. 1777. DR. JOHNSON speaks of it as the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. "Тнв ANATOMY or MELANCHOLY is a book which has been universally read and admired. This work is for... | |
| James Boswell - 1846 - 602 стор.
...history proceeded not from imbecility, hut from foppery. " He loved, he said, the old black letter books; they were rich in matter, though their style was inelegant;...antiquity. " Burton's ' Anatomy of Melancholy,' he said, wns the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. " He frequently... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 стор.
...valuable repository of amusement and information.' It delighted Dr Johneon so much, that he said this ' a god. Ant. Oh, thou hast fit'd me ; my soul's up in arms, And Its reputation was considerably extended by the publication of ' Illustrations of Sterne,' in 1798.... | |
| James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 стор.
...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...the writers were with the best models of antiquity. " Barton's ' Anatomy of Melancholy,' he said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours... | |
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