 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...to find. Such was his amplita of learning, and such his copiousness of communication, that it may i doubted whether a day now passes in which I have not some advantage fi his friendship. At this man's table I enjoyed many chearful and instructive hours, with panions... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...and such his copiousness of communication, that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in whicn I have not some advantage from his friendship. ' • At this man's table I enjoyed many chearful and instructive hours, with companions such as are not often found ; with one who has lengthened,... | |
 | Hewson Clarke - 1806 - 274 pages
...of his sect, yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him, and he endured me. " His studies had been so various, that I am not able...which I have not some advantage from his friendship." Emanuel College, Cambridge^ June 1, 1806. OF VOL. I. Pager DEDICATION. ia. Preface v. Life of the Author... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
...of his party; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him and he endured me. " His studies had been so various, that I am not able...which I have not some advantage from his friendship. " He had mingled with the gay world without exemption from its vices or its follies ; but had never... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - 1807 - 356 pages
...his obligations to Walmsley, I may, with equal truth, apply to myself in respect to Dr Beattie ; " Such " was his amplitude of learning, and such his...passes in which " I have not some advantage from his friend" ship."* * Johnson's ' Lives of the English Poets/ Vol. III. p. 36. Life of Smith. • There... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - Authors, Scottish - 1807 - 364 pages
...myself in respect to Dr Beattie,- " Such " was his amplitude of learning, and such his " copibusness of communication, that it may be " doubted, whether...passes in which " I have not some advantage from his friend" ship."* * Johnson's ' Lives of the English Poets/ Vol. HI. p. 38. Life of Smith. There were,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 664 pages
...with books was great ; and what he did not immediately know, lie could at least tell where to fiud. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness...now passes in which I have not some advantage from hb friendship. At this man's table I enjoyed many cheerful and instructive hours, with companions such... | |
 | Robert Anderson - Authors, English - 1815 - 660 pages
...least tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness ef intelligence, that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in which I have not some advantage fr»m his friendship *." In his abhorrence of whiggism he has imputed to his friend and benefactor... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 504 pages
...that at least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice. He was of an advanced age, and I was only not a boy ; yet he never received my notions with contempt....advantage from his friendship. At this man's table 1 enjoyed many cheerful and instructive hours, with companions such as are not often found; with one... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...books was great, and what he did not immediately know, he could, at least, tell where to find. Such WHS his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness...which I have not some advantage from his friendship. I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend. But »hat are the hopes of man... | |
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He had mingled with the gay world, without exemption from its vices or its follies, but had never neglected the cultivation of his mind; his belief of Revelation was unshaken ; his learning preserved his principles ; he grew first regular, and then pious.... 
