 I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign. I had, indeed, no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before...  The works of Samuel Johnson - Seite 262von Samuel Johnson - 1824Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 Seiten
...feet. The day was calm, the air was svfh and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before rife, and on either side, were high hills, which, by hindering...itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not; but here I first conceived the thought of this narration. We were in this place at ease and by choice,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 388 Seiten
...silence, and solitude. Before me, and on cither side, were high hills, which, by hindering the eye fi.om ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not; but here I first conceived the thought of this narration. We were in this place at ease and by choice,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1813 - 484 Seiten
...no trees to whisper over my head; but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the aif soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude....I first conceived the thought of this narration." — The Critical Reviewers, with a spirit and expression worthy of the subject, say, — " We congratulate... | |
 | James Boswell - 1813 - 492 Seiten
...no trees to whisper over my head; but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on cither side, were high Mils, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 Seiten
...ever be regarded as auspicigus to the literature of his country. " I sat down on a bank," he says, " such as a writer of romance might have delighted to...Whether I spent the hour well I know not ; for here IJlrst conceived the thoughts of this narration" The narrative which he meditated, in this wild unfrequented... | |
 | 1821 - 702 Seiten
...no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude....either side, were high hills, which by hindering the mind from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. \\ lid)her I spent the hour well,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 608 Seiten
...incomplete, and that, at least, till we have compared them with realities, we do not know them to he just. As we see more, we become possessed of more...itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not ; for here_I first conceived the thought of this narration. We were in tlus place at ease and by choice,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 612 Seiten
...no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude....Before me, and on either side, were high hills, which, bv hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment feriut". MTiether I spent... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1832 - 650 Seiten
...no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude....Whether I spent the hour well, I know not •, for here t first conceived the thought of this narration.' We shall string together a few of Sir Walter Scott's... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 600 Seiten
...Gleniheali, 1783 : " I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign. The day was calm, the air was soft, and all was rudeness,...the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether 1 spent the hour well I know not; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration." The Constitution... | |
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