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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. "
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ... - Page 481
by James Boswell - 1807
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Bookseller's catalogues, Volumes 1-4

W. Gardiner - 1808 - 786 pages
...frontispiece and por* -trait M. ^2 12s 6Ц Dr. Johnson says, " that this is the only work which етег took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise.'» £10 Bulwer's Artificia] Changling, 4to. portrait by Faithorne, ¿¿Z 2s — — — 1653 511 Chetwind's...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical: Illustrative of ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 524 pages
...recondite learning, he had recourse to Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, of which he has affirmed, that " it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise." •; •. . I . '* In the Gentleman'! Magazine for 1736, p. 418. The prospect of succeeding in his...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical Illustrative of the ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 520 pages
...recondite learning, he had .recourse to Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, of which he has affirmed, that " it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise." * In the Gentleman's Magazine for 1736, p. 418. The prospect of succeeding in his academy growing every...
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Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1809 - 530 pages
...recondite learning, he had recourse to Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, of which he has affirmftd, that " it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise." • In the Gentleman's Magazine for 1736, p. 418. The prospect of succeeding in his academy growing...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...; wonderfully so, considering boa conversant the writers were with the best models of antiquity. " Burton's ' Anatomy of Melancholy,' he said, was the...only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sonner than he wished to rise. "He frequently exhorted me to set about writing a History of Ireland,...
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The Table Talk of John Selden

John Selden - Religion and state - 1818 - 678 pages
...spirit and great power in what Burton says, when he writes from his own mind." He observed, that it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. Books of Travels having been mentioned., Johnson praised Pennant veiV highly. Dr. Percy (who was present),...
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Johnsoniana..

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 372 pages
...inelegant ; wonderfully so, considering how conversant the writers were with the best models of antiquity. Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, he said, was the only...sooner than he wished to rise. He frequently exhorted Dr. Maxwell to set about writing a history of Ireland, and archly remarked, there had been some good...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1

James Boswell - 1820 - 442 pages
...the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sonner than he wished to rise. " He freqnently exhorted me to set about writing a History of Ireland,...some good Irish writers, and that one Irishman might ut least aspire to equal another. He had great compassion for the miseries and distresses of the Irish...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 16

British prose literature - 1821 - 372 pages
...inelegant; wonderfully so, considering how conversant the writers were with the best models of antiquity. Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, he said, was the only...sooner than he wished to rise. He frequently exhorted Dr. Maxwell to set about writing a history of Ireland, and archly remarked, there had been some good...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pages
...; wonderfully so, considering how conversant the writers were with the best models of antiquity. " Burton's ' Anatomy of Melancholy,' he said, was the...out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. et diversite des commoditez : la gloire de la France, et l'un des plus nobles ornamens du monde." Vol....
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