...and talking of his projected journey to Italy, ' a man,' said Johnson, " who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not...is expected a man should see. The grand object of all travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean. On these shores were the four great empires...

...wrote : — 'A journey to Italy was still in his thoughts. He said, " A man who has not been in Italy is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not...travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean." ' Ib. p. 36. 'Johnson's desire to go abroad, particularly to see Italy, was very great ; and he had...

...his parts." A journey to Italy was still in his thoughts. He said, " A man who has not been in Italy is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what is expected a man should see. The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean....

...Galen, life begins to decline from Thirty-five 5. 1 ' A man who has not been in Italy,' said Johnson, ' is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not...having seen what it is expected a man should see.' Life, iii. 36. They had been on the point of going there in 1776, but had abandoned their intention...

...Johnson : " The great object of all travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean, on which were the four great empires of the world, the Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman." It is not for us to attempt to fix the dates at which colonies of various ancient races — nor, indeed,...

...doubt, the following passage in Boswell's Johnson floating in his mind. . . . ' The grand object of all travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean....Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman' (Life of Johnson, 1876, p. 505)." — Note to Childe Harold, Canto IV. stanza cIxxxii. ed. 1891.] 2....

...the following passage in Boswell's Johnson floating in his mind. . . . • The grand object of all travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean....Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman' (Life of Johnson, 1876, p. 505)." — Note to Childe Harold, Canto IV. stanza cIxxxii. ed. 1891.] CLXXXII....

...doubt, the following passage in Boswel1's Johnson floating in his mind. . . . ' The grand object of all travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean....Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman' (Life of Johnson, 1876, p. 505)."— Note to Childe Harold, Canto IV. stanza cIxxxii. ed. 1891.] 2....

...his parts.' A journey to Italy was still in his thoughts. He said, ' A man who has not been in Italy, X{ 1776] A DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE 25 the shores of the Mediterranean. On those shores were the four great...

...doubt, the following passage in Boswell's Johnson tloaling in his mind. . . . 'The grand object of all travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean....Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman' (Life of Johnson, 1876, p. so1;)." — N'ute to Ckildt Harold. Canto IV. stanza clxxxii. cd. 1801.)...