 | James Hay - Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 - 1884 - 400 pages
...and ejaculate a short but fervent prayer, reminding us of that poet of whom he himself said : — " My poor friend Smart showed the disturbance of his...that their understanding is not called in question." Miss Reynolds writes : — " I believe no one has described his extraordinary gestures or antics with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 pages
...disturbance of his mind by falling upon his knees, and saying his prayers in the street, or in any unusual place. Now, although, rationally speaking,...time, the following conversation with Dr. Burney. BURNEY. "How does poor Smart do, sir? is he likely to recover?" JOHNSON. "It seems as if his mind had... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1885 - 490 pages
...itself merely by unnecessary deviation from the usual modes of the world. My poor friend Smart shewed the disturbance of his mind, by falling upon his knees,...that their understanding is not called in question." 1 [Dr. Hugh Blair, the celebrated professor and minister of Edinburgh ; born in 1718, died in 1800.... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1887 - 576 pages
...itself merely by unnecessary deviation from the usual modes of the world. My poor friend Smart shewed the disturbance of his mind, by falling upon his knees,...time, the following conversation with Dr. Burney: — BURNEY. ' How does poor Smart do, Sir; is he likely to recover?' JOHNSON. 'It seems as if his mind... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1888 - 608 pages
...itself merely by unnecessary deviation from the usual modes of the world. My poor friend Smart shewed the disturbance of his mind by falling upon his knees...time, the following conversation with Dr. Burney. JOHNSON : " It seems as if his mind had ceased to struggle with the disease ; for he grows fat upon... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 574 pages
...presented to him by Dr. James Fordyce.1 At this time the controversy concerning the pieces published by James Macpherson, as translations of Ossian, was at...unfortunate poet, Christopher Smart, who was confined in a madhouse,1 he had, at another time, the following conversation with Dr. Burney. — BURNEY. " How does... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 566 pages
...of Sermons to Young Women. &c., was born at Aberdeen in 1720, and died at Bath in 1796. — Wright. compliment, which I sincerely paid him, and answered,...unfortunate poet, Christopher Smart, who was confined in a madhouse,1 he had, at another time, the following conversation with Dr. Burney. — BTJRNEY. " How... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - Hymns, English - 1889 - 394 pages
...the disturbance of his mind, by falling upon his knees, and saying his prayers in the street. . . . Now although, rationally speaking, it is greater madness...that their understanding is not called in question.' Some traces of Smart's excited spirit are visible in ccin : — far more in cciv, which may be described... | |
 | James Boswell - English literature - 1890 - 568 pages
...uncouth. His brown suit of clothes looked very rusty ; he had on a little old shrivelled unpowdercd s of his new comedy that he has thought everything...engaged in such an adventure." JOHNSON: "Why, Sir, — BURNEY : " How does poor Smart do, Sir: is he likely to recover?" — JOHNSON: " It seems as if... | |
 | 1891 - 884 pages
...his insanity by saying his prayers in tho street. "Although rationally speaking," said Dr. Johnson, " it is greater madness not to pray at all than to pray...that their understanding is not called in question." On another occasion, Johnson said : " I did not think he ought to be shut up. His infirmities were... | |
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I have preserved the following short minute of what passed this day. " Madness frequently discovers itself merely by unnecessary deviation from the usual modes of the world. My poor friend Smart showed the disturbance of his mind, by falling upon his... 
