 | Whitwell Elwin - Eighteenth century - 1902 - 616 pages
...knowledge. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of communication, that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in which I have not some advantage from his friendship."1 In this crisis of need Mr. Walmesley endeavoured to render his friendship advantageous... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1905 - 456 pages
...where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning and such his copiousness of communication that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in which I have...his friendship. At this man's table I enjoyed many chearful and instructive 76 hours, with companions such as are not often found : with one who has lengthened... | |
 | Florence Mary Wilson Parsons - London - 1906 - 542 pages
...where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of information, that it may be doubted whether a day now passes, in which I have not some advantage from his friendship." Johnson's younger childhood and Garrick's, spent a stone's throw apart, one on the market-place under... | |
 | Florence Mary Wilson Parsons - London (England) - 1906 - 538 pages
...where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of information, that it may be doubted whether a day now passes, in which I have not some advantage from his friendship." Johnson's younger childhood and Garrick's, spent a stone's throw apart, one on the market-place under... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1907 - 634 pages
...Smith," from which a quotation is given above, is as follows : " At this man's table [Gilbert Walmsley's] I enjoyed many cheerful and instructive hours, with...has gladdened life ; with Dr. James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered; and with David Garrick, whom 1 hoped to have gratified with this charactei... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1910 - 602 pages
...I enjoyed many cheerful and instructive hours, with companions, such as are not often found—with one who has lengthened, and one who has gladdened...in physick will be long remembered ; and with David (Jarrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend. But what are the... | |
 | William Keith Leask - Aberdeen (Scotland) - 1917 - 466 pages
...told in Old Aberdeen. Note 67. /'. 291. Dr. Robert James. " At this man's table (Gilbert Walmsley) I enjoyed many cheerful and instructive hours, with...has gladdened life ; with Dr. James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick," etc. DR. JOHNSON. Note 68. , ' 294. William... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - English literature - 1917 - 440 pages
...to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of communication, that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in which I have not some advantage from his friendship. 294 JOHNSON AND THE PHILOSOPHERS CHAP. " At this man's table I enjoyed many cheerful and instructive... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1922 - 562 pages
...to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of communication, that it may be doubted whether a day now passes, in which I have...lengthened, and one who has gladdened life ; with Dr. James,1 whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - English literature - 1923 - 440 pages
...to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of communication, that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in which I have...has gladdened life ; with Dr. James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character... | |
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His acquaintance with books was great ; and what he did not immediately know he could at least tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of communication, that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in which... 
