| Robert Burton - 1804 - 622 Seiten
...Letters, ISmo. 1777. p. " BURTON'S ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY, he (Dr. Johnson) s.ml, was the only book »hat ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to n^e." liosu-cU'i Life of Johnson, vol. ip 5SO, 8vo. edit. " BURTON'S ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY isav.iluable... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1805 - 376 Seiten
...clear and brilliant. Dr. Johnson has declared, that the " Anatomy of Melancholy was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise;" and in another place he observes, " it is, perhaps, overloaded with quotation. But there is a great... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1805 - 378 Seiten
...clear and brilliant. Dr. Johnson has declared, that the " Anatomy of Melancholy was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise ;" and in another place he observes, " it is, perhaps, overloaded with quotation. But there is a great... | |
| Robert Burton - 1806 - 626 Seiten
...12mo. 1777. p. 140. " BURTON'S ANATOMY OF MELANCHQLY, 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. \. p. 58Q. 8vo. edit. " BURTQN'S ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY is a valuable... | |
| George Burnett - 1807 - 970 Seiten
...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... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 508 Seiten
...Amsterdam, 1781. IB] - 1770. " Burton's ' Anatomy of Melancholy,' he said, jEtaTei' xvas t^ie on'y 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, and archly remarked, there had... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 514 Seiten
...imbecili- i770. ty, but from foppery. " 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, and archly remarked, there had... | |
| George Burnett - 1807 - 528 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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... | |
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