 His studies had been so various, that I am not able to name a man of equal knowledge. His acquaintance with books was great, and what he did not immediately know, he could, at least, tell where to find.  Works - Página 27por Samuel Johnson - 1811Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | 1863 - 592 páginas
...and exquisite feeling." Dr. Johnson, speaking of his intimacy with Gilbert Walmsley, says, " I doubt whether a day now passes in which I have not some advantage from his friendship." It is a testimony as creditable to the one as to the other; that their intercourse as men of literature... | |
 | 1866 - 398 páginas
...expression, paid a just tribute to the memory of his deceased friend. "At this man's (Mr. Walmsley) table I enjoyed many cheerful and instructive hours, with companions such as are not often to be found; with one who has lengthened, and one who has gladdened life ; with Dr. James, whose skill... | |
 | James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 páginas
...was great; and what he did not immediately know, he could at least tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of...his friendship. ' At this man's table I enjoyed many chcerful and instructive hours, with companions such as are not often found — with one who has lengthened,... | |
 | Charles Churchill - 1880 - 740 páginas
...expression, paid a just tribute to the memory of his deceased fnend. "At this man's (Mr. Walmsley) table I enjoyed many cheerful and instructive hours, with companions such as are not often to be found; with one who has lengthened, and one who has gladdened life; with Dr. James, whose skill... | |
 | Hugh Fraser Campbell - 1883 - 128 páginas
...as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of noctared sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns. (6.) At this man's table I enjoyed many cheerful and instructive...hours, with companions such as are not often found. (7.) I am disappointed by that stroke of death which lias eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished... | |
 | 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 - 1885 - 582 páginas
...was great ; and what he did not immediately know ho could at least tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning and such his copiousness of...table I enjoyed many cheerful and instructive hours, hours, with companions such as are not often found ; with one who has lengthened, and one who has gladdened... | |
 | 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 - 1885 - 582 páginas
...was great ; and what he did not immediately know he could at least tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning and such his copiousness of...man's table I enjoyed many cheerful and instructive hoars, with companions such as are not often found ; with one who, has lengthened, and one who has... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 576 páginas
...was great, and what he did not immediately know, he could, at least, tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of...lengthened, and one who has gladdened life ; with Dr. James3, whose skill in physick will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 598 páginas
...was great, and what he did not immediately know, he could, at least, tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of...lengthened, and one who has gladdened life ; with Dr. James5, whose skill in physick will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 páginas
...was great, and what he did not immediately know, he could, at least, tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of...many cheerful and instructive hours, with companions suchas are not often found — with one who has lengthened, • Mr. Warton informs me, "that this early... | |
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