 | James Boswell - 1791 - 608 pages
...uttered with an abrupt excellence, fuperiour to all ftudied compofition :— ." He has made a chafm, which not only nothing can fill up, but which nothing has a tendency to fill up. — Johnfon is dead. — Let us go to the next beft. — There is nobody. — No man can be faid to... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1791 - 608 pages
...uttered with an abrupt excellence, fuperiour to all ftudied compofition :•—*" He has made a chafm, which not only nothing can fill up, but which nothing has a tendency to fill up.—Johnfon is dead.—Let us go to the next beft.—There is nobody.—No man can be faid to put... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 488 pages
...in the ardour of his feeling for the loss of Johnson, uttered the following sentence : — ' He has made a chasm which not only nothing can fill up, but...No man can . be said to put you in mind of Johnson/ If Burke's own mind had been uniformly dirccled to literature and philosophy, as Johnson's was, and... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 490 pages
...uttered the following sentence : — c He has made a 'chasm which not only nothing can fill up, N3 but which nothing has a tendency to fill up — Johnson...No man can be said to put you in mind of Johnson/ If Burke's own mind had been uniformly directed to literature and philosophy, as Johnson's was, and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 532 pages
...friend,7 which he uttered with an abrupt felicity, superior to all studied compositions: — " He has made a chasm, which not only nothing can fill up,...no man can be said to put you in mind of Johnson." As Johnson had abundant homage paid to him 6 On the subject of Johnson I may adopt the words of Sir... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 562 pages
...mate." Ibid. uttered with an abrupt felicity, superiour to all studied '784. compositions :—" He has made a chasm, which not only nothing can fill up, but which nothing has a tendency to fill up.—Johnson is dead.—Let us go to the next best:—there is nobody ; no man can be said to put... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 372 pages
...occasion of his death — " HE HAS MADE . THING CAN HAS A TENDENCY TO FILL UP. JOHNSON IS BEAD — LET us GO TO THE NEXT BEST: — THERE is NOBODY; NO MAN CAN BE SAID TO PUT YOU IN MIND OF JoHNSON." * BOSWELL'S Life, vol. 3. p. 700. Mr. BOSWELL has not given' the name of this eminent friend. Mr. BURKE... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1814 - 780 pages
...circumstance that could have happened for me here; it reminds me of what Burke said on Julinson's death : ' Johnson is dead, let us go to the next best ; there is none, no one can he said to pat one in mind of Johnson.' The greatest pleasure I have here, is in receiving... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...terms, than the pathetic tribute uttered by an eminent friend on the occasion of his death : " He has made a chasm which not only nothing can fill up, but...— Let us go to the next best : — there is nobody ; — nobody can be said to put you in mind of Johnson." * EXTRACTS. From the Review of Soame Jenyns'... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 536 pages
...t-*-. •-...'• a* -i--. i • i »MÍ -»о т ••»« -и • • , i • 11 -, of the next beat :-^there is nobody ; no man can be said to put you in mind of Johnson. it • ;• i il •. • ir . . . ,. i- , - -| >• A* Jehuson had »buddaiit homage. paid, to him... | |
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He has made a chasm, which not only nothing can fill up, but which nothing has a tendency to fill up. Johnson is dead. Let us go to the next best: there is nobody; no man can be said to put you in mind of Johnson. 
