I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign. I had, indeed, no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before... The Works of Samuel Johnson - Page 251by Samuel Johnson - 1816Full view - About this book
| Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1775 - 552 pages
...was calm, the atr-ibft, and all was rudenefs, filence, and folitude. Before me, and on either fide, were high hills, which by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itfelf. Whether I fpent the hour well I know not ; for here I firft conceived the thought of this narration.'... | |
| Samuel Johnson - Authors, English - 1775 - 400 pages
...was calm, the air foft, and all was rudenefs, filence, and folitude. Before me, and on either fide, were high hills, which by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itfelf. Whether I fpent the •» hour .well I know not; for here I firft conceived the thought of... | |
| Samuel Johnson - Authors, English - 1775 - 280 pages
...Toft, and all was rudenefs, filence, and foHtude. Before me, and on either fide, were high liills, which by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itfelf. Whether I fpent the hour well I know not ; for here I firft conceived the thought of this narration.... | |
| James Boswell - Hebrides - 1785 - 546 pages
...was calm, the air foft, and all was rudenefs, filencc and folitude. Before me, and on either fide, were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itfelf. -Whether I fpent the hour well, I know not ; for here I firft conceived the thought of this... | |
| James Boswell - Hebrides - 1785 - 548 pages
...was calm, the air foft, and all was ruder nefs, filence and folitude. Before me, and on either fide, were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itfelf. Whether I fpent the hour well, I know not ; for here I firft conceived the thought of this... | |
| James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1786 - 552 pages
...trees to whisper over my head ; but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude....I first conceived the thought of this narration.' The Critical Reviewers, with a spirit and expression worthy of the subject, say,—' We congratulate... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 pages
...was calm, the air foft, and all was rudenefs, filence, and folitude. Before me, and on either fide, were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for kfelf. Whether I fpent the hour well I know not ; for here I firft conceived the thought of this narration.... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 550 pages
...was calm, the air foft, and all was rudenefs, filence, and folitude. Before me, and on either fide, were high hills, •which, by hindering the eye from...ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itfelf. Whether I fpent the hour well I know not; for here I firft conceived the thought of this narration.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - Authors, English - 1800 - 302 pages
...soft, and all was rudenesSj silence* and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hilis, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment reir itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not; for here I first conceived the thought of this... | |
| Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 424 pages
...calm, the air was foft, and all was rudenefs, filence, and folitude. Before me, and on either fide, were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itfelf. Whether I fpent the hour well I know not ; for here I firft conceived the thought of this narration.... | |
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