...hunger for men. 'The happiness of London is not to be conceived but by those who have been in it.' 'Why, Sir, you find no man at all intellectual who...for there is in London all that life can afford.' As he loved London, so he loved a tavern for its sociability. 'Sir, there is nothing which has yet...

...beginnings of a grand collection. PART IV PICTURES TO SEE IN EUROPE CHAPTER X PICTURES TO SEE IN LONDON " When a man is tired of London he is tired of life for there is in London all that life ran afford." — BOSWELL'S Life of Johnson. Among the many fine collections of painting in London,...

...in occasional visits might go off, and he might grow tired of it. "Why, Sir," exclaimed the Doctor, "you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing...for there is in London all that life can afford." And again when Boswell ventured to intimate that there were people who were content to live in the...

...amusements. Boswell once suggested that he himself might grow tired of the city if he lived continuously in it : "JOHNSON. 'Why, Sir, you find no man, at all...for there is in London all that life can afford'"; and to the very end he found that "such conversation as London affords, could be found nowhere else."...

...the literary universe, it is true, yet he could never, at any time, have fully endorsed Johnson's " No, sir, when a man is tired of London he is tired...for there is in London all that life can afford." To love and describe nature faithfully one must either live in daily communion with her or be able to...

...were to reside in London, the exquisite zest with which I relished it in occasional visits might go off, and I might grow tired of it. JOHNSON. "Why,...for there is in London all that life can afford." He said, a country gentleman should bring his lady to visit London as soon as he can, that they may...

...again. Dr. JOHNSON. Why, sir, you will find no man at all intellectual who does not delight in London. When a man is tired of London he is tired of life, for there is in London all that life can afford. But, sir, I never knew any one with such a gust for the town as you have. Mr. BOSWELL. The streets,...

...of any man who is permitted to lay out his own time, contriving not to have tedious hours.' " 1 " ' Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who...for there is in London all that life can afford.' " 2 " ' Yet, Sir ' (said I), ' there are many people who are content to live in the country. ' JOHNSON....

...intellectual fellowship to be enjoyed in London did their best to keep him in it. He himself said, " When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life...for there is in London all that life can afford." Johnson loved London and, if we think of him, we usually picture him enthroned in a chair in his beloved...

...summer were redolent of hawthorn." These facts we must bear in mind when we hear Johnson saying : " When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life...for there is in London all that life can afford." Even the passage in Boswell which records Johnson's strongest general denunciation of a country life...