| James Boswell - 1835 - 366 páginas
...JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life...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
...JOHNSON. " Why. sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired 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
...JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life...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... | |
| 1872 - 676 páginas
...in 17C4. " Why, Sir, you find no man at all intellectual who is •willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London he is tired of life...for there is in London all that life can afford." — Dr. Johnson, in 1777. JONATHAN BOUCHIEK. VOLTAIRE AND DR. JOHNSON.— It is of sufficient importance... | |
| John Dennis - 1855 - 256 páginas
...that the view in Fleet Street was superior to the finest scenery in the world, and who declared "that when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; since there is in London all that life can afford." ffieological Structure of tfje Countrg SEEN FROM... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1861 - 696 páginas
...Johnson, to that, " you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life...for there is in London all that life can afford." Cowper, devotee as he was to the agricultural interest, could and would give emphasis to London's comprehensive... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1867 - 158 páginas
...play. THE WORLD OF LONDON. You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there si in London all that life can afford. THE SPENDING OF MONEY. A woman of fortune being used to the... | |
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