 | James Boswell - 1851 - 326 pages
...conversant the writers were with the best models of antiquity. " Burton's ' Anatomy of Melancholy,' 2 he said, was the only book that ever took him out...been some good Irish writers, and that one Irishman 1 Montaigne had the same affection for Paris, which Johnson had for London. " Je 1'aime tendrement,"... | |
 | Caricatures and cartoons - 1851 - 594 pages
...'poi><i hit l>'j Pmek. Sleep (not) at Will. JOHNSON says of BURTON'S Anatomy of Melancholy, that it is the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. How voluminous would be the catalogue of books that might liave sent the lexicographer to sleep two... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 pages
...that the publisher realized a fortune by it ; and it delighted Dr. Johnson so much, that he said ' it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours before he wished to rise.' Prefixed to the Anatomy of Melancholy, is a poem from which Milton borrowed... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 716 pages
...valuable repository of amusement and information.' It delighted Юг Johnson so much, that he said this ' was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than r<p wished to rise.' Its reputation was considerably extended by the publication of ' Illustrations... | |
 | William Keddie - Literature - 1854 - 400 pages
...the widow was intended to have something superinduced upon it; but the superstructure did not come." Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, he said, was the only...out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. Goldsmith, to divert the tedious minutes, while waiting for one of the guests at a dinner-party, strutted... | |
 | Robert Burton - 1857 - 690 pages
...Archbishop Herring's Letters, 12mo. 177T. p. U9. "BrBTon's A* ATOMY or MELA-NI IMI.T. he (Dr. Johnson) said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hour* sooner than he wished to rise.' — Boiwttti Life of Johnson, voL i. p. 560. 8vo. edit. -Bra-roVs... | |
 | William Thomas Lowndes - English literature - 1858 - 338 pages
...forgotten, but which owed its revival to the inordinate praise of Dr. Johnson, whoobserved that it 'was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise.' From this storehouse of learning, intermingled with quaint observations aud witty illustrations, many... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1858 - 798 pages
...the wits of the reigns "' Anne and the first George were deeply indebted to it. Dr. Johnson said it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours aocer ttian he wished to rise. Warton, Ferrie, and Steevens strongly eulogized it. Byron --:_ it "is... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1859 - 796 pages
...the wits of the reigns of Anne and the first George were deeply indebted to it. Dr. Johnson said it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. Warton, Ferrier, and Steevens strongly enlogized it. Byron said, it "is the most amusing and instructive... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1860 - 960 pages
...known. He said, the defects in his History proceeded not from imbecility, but from foppery. " Burton'i ' Anatomy of Melancholy,' he said, was the only book...bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise.' " He loved, he said, the old black-letter books ; they were rich in matter, though their style was inelegant;... | |
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Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, he said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. 
