 Collins :—' I knew him a few years ago full of hopes, and full of projects, versed in many languages, high in fancy, and strong in retention. This busy and forcible mind is now under the government of those who lately would not have been able to comprehend...  Boswell's Life of Johnson: Life (v.l, 1709-1765 - Page 276by James Boswell - 1887Full view - About this book
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1807 - 904 pages
...to exult in any intellectual powers, or literary attainments, when we consider the condition of poor Collins! I knew him a few years ago, full of hopes...comprehend the least and most narrow of its designs." " That man is no common loss. The moralists all talk of the uncertainty of fortune, and the transitoriness... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1807 - 468 pages
...to exult in any intellectual powers, or literary attainments, when we consider the condition of poor Collins ! I knew him a few years ago, full of hopes...comprehend the least and most narrow of its designs. What do yog hcAT of him ? Are there there hopes of his recovery ? Or is he to pass the remainder of... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1807 - 462 pages
...to exult in any intellectual powers, or literary attainments, when we consider the condition of poor Collins! I knew him a few years ago, full of hopes...would not have been able to comprehend the least and r most narrow of its designs." " That man is no common loss. The moralists all talk of the uncertainty... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1807 - 456 pages
...exult in any intellectual powers,' or literary attainments, when we consider the condition of poor Collins ! I knew him a few years ago, full of hopes...lately would not have been able to comprehend the kast and most narrow of its designs. What do you hear of him ? Are there hopes of his recovery ? Or... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1807 - 786 pages
...to exult in any intellectual powers, or literary attainments, when we consider the condition of poor Collins ! I knew him a few years ago, full of hopes...fancy, and strong in retention. This busy and forcible mine! is now under the government of those who lately would not have been able to comprehend the least... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliographical literature - 1807 - 912 pages
...any intellectual powers, or literary attainments, when we consider the condition of poor Collins! 1 knew him a few years ago, full of hopes and full of...projects, versed in many languages, high in fancy, and btrong in retention. This busy and forcible mind is now under the government of those who lately would... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1807 - 572 pages
...to exult in any intellectual power» er literary attainments, when we consider the condition of poor Collins. I knew him a few years ago full of hopes and full of projects, Tirsed in many languages, high in fancy, and strong in retention. This busy and forcihk mind is now... | |
 | English literature - 1807 - 748 pages
...any intellectual powers or literary attainments, when we confider the condition of poor Collins. 1 knew him a few years ago full of hopes and full of projects, verfed in many languages, high in fancy, and ftrbng in retention. This bufy and forcible mind is now... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - English literature - 1813 - 330 pages
...to exult in any intellectual powers, or literary attainments, when we consider the condition of poor Collins! I knew him a few years ago, full of hopes...comprehend the least and most narrow of its designs." "That man is'no common loss. The moralists all talk of the uncertainty of fortune, and the transitoriness... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Essays - 1813 - 338 pages
...exult in any intellectual powers, or literary attainments, when we consider the condition J of poor Collins! I knew him a few years ago, full of hopes...comprehend the least and most narrow of its designs. What do you hear of him now ? Are there hopes of his recovery ? Or is he to pass the remainder of his... | |
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