| James Boswell - 1820 - 550 pages
...have been agreeably mistaken. In hi« life of .Mi Itnii, he observes, " I cannot but remark u kind o^ respect, perhaps unconsciously, paid to this great...in which he resided is historically mentioned, as il u were an injury to neglect naming any place that lie honoured by hi« pi>-ence.' I had, before... | |
| James Boswell - 1822 - 458 pages
...this gloom of solitude ? ' You have been agreeably mistaken." In his life of Milton, he observes, " I cannot but remark a kind of respect, perhaps unconsciously,...he resided is historically mentioned, as if it were 4 [It certainly does make the fire burn : by repelling the air, it throws a blast on the fire, and... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 302 pages
...convenient to seek some shelter, and hid himself for a time in Bartholomew-Close, by West-Smrthfield. I cannot but remark a kind of respect, perhaps unconsciously, paid to this great man by his hiographers: every house in which he resided is historically mentioned, as if it were an injury to... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 pages
...convenient to seek some shelter, and hid himself for a time in Bartholomew-close, by West-Smithfield. I cannot but remark a kind of respect, perhaps unconsciously,...were an injury to neglect naming any place that he honoured with his presence. The king, with lenity of which the world has had perhaps no other example,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...convenient to seek some shelter, and hid himself, for a time, in Bartholomew close, by West Smithfield. I cannot but remark a kind of respect, perhaps unconsciously,...were an injury to neglect naming any place that he honoured by his presence. The king, with lenity of which the world has had, perhaps, no other example,... | |
| James Boswell - 1826 - 416 pages
...this gloom of solitude ?' You have been agreeably mistaken." In his life of Milton, he observes, " I cannot but remark a kind of respect, perhaps unconsciously,...were an injury to neglect naming any place that he honoured by his presence." I " It certainly does make the fire burn : by repelling the air, it throws... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 pages
...convenient to seek some shelter, &nd hid himself for a time in Bartholomew-close, by West Smithfield. I cannot but remark a kind of respect, perhaps unconsciously, paid to this great man by his hiographers: every honsfi in which he resided is historically mentioned, as if it were an injury to... | |
| James Boswell - 1827 - 624 pages
...in this gloom of solitude?' You have been agreeably mistaken." In his life of Milton, he observes, " eman who seemed fond of curious speculation. Johnson, who did not like to hear ˇif honoured by his presence." I had, before 1 read this observation, been desirous of shewing that respect... | |
| James Boswell - 1831 - 584 pages
...in this gloom of solitude?' You have been agreeably mistaken." In his life of Milton, he observes, " I cannot but remark a kind of respect, perhaps unconsciously,...were an injury to neglect naming any place that he honoured by his presence." I had, before I read this observation, been desirous of showing that respect... | |
| James Boswell - 1831 - 594 pages
...in this gloom of solitude?' You have been agreeably mistaken." In his life of Milton, he observes, " I cannot but remark a kind of respect, perhaps unconsciously,...were an injury to neglect naming any place that he 1 "The Spleen," a poem, [by Mr. Matthew Green.]— BOSWELL. honoured by his presence." I had, before... | |
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