 Chamier once asked him, what he meant by slow the last word in the first line of The Traveller, ' Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow,' — Did he mean tardiness of locomotion? Goldsmith, who would say something without consideration, answered, 'Yes.  Notes and Queries - Page 1351852Full view - About this book
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 526 pages
...he wrote this poem himself: and, jT^1 let me tell you, that is believing a great deal.' Cba09. mier once asked him, what he meant by slow, the last word...Yes.' I was sitting by, and said, ' No, Sir; you do > , I not mean tardiness of locomotion ; you mean, that lit sluggishness of mind which comes upon a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 238 pages
...do believe he wrote this poem himself; and, let me tell you, that is believing a great deal. Chamier once asked him what he meant by slow, the last word...consideration, answered, ' Yes.' I was sitting by, and suid, ' No, Sir; you do not mean tardiness of locomotion; you mean that sluggishness of mind which... | |
 | James Boswell - 1816 - 500 pages
...believe he wrote this poem himself: and, let me tell you, that is believing a great deal.' Chamier once asked him, what he meant by slow, the last word...you do not mean tardiness of locomotion ; you mean, that sluggishness of mind which comes upon a man in solitude.' Chamier believed then that I had written... | |
 | John Selden - Religion and state - 1818 - 678 pages
...do believe he wrote this poem himself; and, let me tell you, that is believing a great deal. Chamier once asked him what he meant by slow, the last word...answered, ' Yes.' I was sitting by, and said, ' No, Sir; 3Tou do not mean tardiness of locomotion; you mean that sluggishness of mind which comes upon a man... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 550 pages
...last word in the 6r»t line of " The Traveller," " Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow." — l -il he mean tardiness of locomotion ? Goldsmith who would...something without consideration, answered, "Yes." 1 was sitting by, und said, "No, Sir, you do not mean tardiness of locomotion ; you meau that sluggishness... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 520 pages
...believe he wrote this poem himself: and, let me tell you, that is believing a great deal.' Chamier once asked him, what he meant by slow, the last word in the 6rst line of « The Traveller,' Did he mean tardiness of locomotion ? Goldsmith, who would say something... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 418 pages
...and let me tell you, that is believing a great deal.' Chamier once asked him what he meant by sloiv, the last word in the first line of ' The Traveller,'...you do not mean tardiness of locomotion; you mean, that sluggishness of mind which comes upon a man in solitude.' Chamier believed then that I had written... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 412 pages
...and let me tell you, that is believing a great deal.' Chamier once asked him what he meant by stow, the last word in the first line of ' The Traveller,*...you do not mean tardiness of locomotion; you mean, that sluggishness of mind which comes upon a man in solitude.' Chamier believed then that I had written... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1822 - 458 pages
...believe he wrote this poem himself: and, let me tell you, that is believing a great deal.' Chamier once asked him, what he meant by slow* the last word in the first line of c The Traveller,' ' Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow,' — Did he mean tardiness of locomotion... | |
 | James Boswell - 1823 - 492 pages
...believe he wrote this poem himself: and let me tell you, that is believing a great deal.' — Chamier once asked him what he meant by slow, the last word...you do not mean tardiness of locomotion ; you mean that sluggishness of mind * [First published in 1765. M.] which comes upon a man in solitude.* Chamier... | |
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