...forgotten, but which owed its revival to the inordinate praise of Dr. Johnson, whoobserved that it 'was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise.' From this storehouse of learning, intermingled with quaint observations...

...the wits of the reigns "' Anne and the first George were deeply indebted to it. Dr. Johnson said it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours aocer ttian he wished to rise. Warton, Ferrie, and Steevens strongly eulogized it. Byron --:_ it "is...

...History proceeded not from imbecility, but from foppery. " Burton'i ' Anatomy of Melancholy,' he said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise.' " He loved, he said, the old black-letter books ; they were rich in...

...the 8th edition (1676), the book seems to have fallen into neglect, till Dr Johnson's remark, that it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise, again directed attention to it. Dr Ferrier has shewn that Sterne was...

...a grace which must have seemed ravishing to the big Sesquipedalian. No wonder the Doctor said " it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise." He himself thought it overloaded with quotation, and no doubt he was...

...to have read through Fielding's Amelia without stopping. Burton's A natomy of Melancholy, he said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. Boswell describes the Doctor's eager appropriation, at a dinner-party...

...since. Sterne seems to have used it almost as a cominonVOL. in. — 31 place book. Dr. Johnson said it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. Byron called it the most exciting and instructive medley of quotations...

...conversant the writers were with the best models of antiquity. " 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. " He frequently exhorted me to set about writing a History of Ireland,...

...valuable repository of amusement and information.' It delighted Dr Johnson so much, that he said this ' nference a ready man, and writing an exact man : and, ther sooner than he wished to rise.' Its reputation was considerably extended by the publication of Illustrations...

...the 8th edition (1676), the book seems to have fallen into neglect, till Dr Johnson's remark, that it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise, again directed attention to it. Dr Ferrier has shewn that Sterne was...