| James Boswell - 1817 - 536 páginas
...all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tirad of life; for there is in London all that life can afford." To obviate hie apprehension, that by settling in London I might de•ert the sent of my ancestors, I assured him... | |
| James Boswell - 1820 - 550 páginas
...might go off, and I might grow tired of it. Johnson. Why, Sir, you find no man at all intellectnal, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man...his apprehension, that by settling in London I might deeert the seat of my ancestors, I assured him that I had old fendal principles to a degree of enthnsiasm... | |
| James Boswell - 1827 - 576 páginas
...relished it in occasional visits might go off, and I might grow tired of it. JOHNSOX : " Why, bir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing...apprehension, that by settling in London I might desert the scat of my ancestors, I assured him that I had old feudal principles to a degree of enthusiasm ; and... | |
| James Boswell - 1831 - 592 páginas
...commerce by which he could be supplied with money, how could he maintain them in foreign countries ? I suggested a doubt, that if I were to reside in London,...London I might desert the seat of my ancestors, I 1 [" James de Duglas was requested by King Robert Bruce in his last hours to repair with his heart... | |
| James Boswell - 1835 - 366 páginas
...commerce by which he could be supplied with money, how could he maintain them in foreign countries ? I suggested a doubt, that if I were to reside in London,...for there is in London all that life can afford." (1) James de Duglas was requested by King Robert Bruce in his last hours to repair with his heart to... | |
| Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - 1838 - 692 páginas
...in company, and it must be added, in the delights and luxuries of London. " When a man," said he, " is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford." This is not the language of one whom " Nature's works can charm ;" of one who drinks at that exhaustless... | |
| James Boswell - 1843 - 588 páginas
...money, how could he maintain them in for eign countries? 1 suggested a doubt, that if I were to re side in London, the exquisite zest with which I relished...of life; for there is in London all that life can aflord." To obviate his apprehension, that by settling in London I might desert the seat of my ancestors,... | |
| James Boswell - 1844 - 370 páginas
...commerce by which he could be supplied with money, how could he maintain them in foreign countries ? I suggested a doubt, that if I were to reside in London,...for there is in London all that life can afford.' ( 1 ) James de Duglas was requested by King Robert Bruce in his last hours to repair with his heart... | |
| 1909 - 844 páginas
..."Babies do not want to hear about babies." "The great end of comedy is to make an audience merry." "When a man is tired of London he is tired of life." "A cow is a very good nnlmal in a field, but we turn her out of a garden." "No man is a hypocrite in... | |
| James Thorne - 1847 - 480 páginas
...regretted that men of stronger intellect should still be found ready to give currency and credit to of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford."* But while we can thus see pretty plainly how natural it was for Cowley to write gloomily under the... | |
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