 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 pages
...often to agitate my nerves painfully, producing in my mind alternate sensations of pathetic dejection, so that I was ready to shed tears; and of daring resolution,...should never hear it, if it made me such a fool." Another time, after having talked slightingly of musick, he was observed to listen very attentively... | |
 | James Boswell - 1816 - 500 pages
...often to agitate my nerves painfully, producing in my mind alternate sensations of pathetic dejection, so that I was ready to shed tears ; and of daring...That air, which instantly and irresistibly excites in the Swiss, when in a foreign land, the maladie du pais, has, lam told, no intrinsick power of sound.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 536 pages
...ready to shed tears; and of during resolution, so thut I was inclined to rush into the thickest purt of the battle. "Sir, (said he,) I should never hear...if it made me such a fool." Much of the effect of music, 1 am satisfied, is owing to the association of ideas. That air, which instantly and irresistibly... | |
 | John Selden - Religion and state - 1818 - 678 pages
...often to agitate, my nerves painfully, producing in my mind alternate sensations of pathetic dejection, so that I was ready to shed tears; and of daring resolution,...should never hear it, if it made me such a fool." Another time, after having talked slightingly of musick, he was observed to listen very attentively... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 550 pages
...agitate my nerves painfully, producing in my mind alternate sensasions of pathetic dejection, so that 1 was ready to shed tears; and of daring resolution,...the thickest part of the battle. "Sir, (said he,) 1 should never hear it, if it made me such a fool." Much of the effectof music, I am satisfied, ¡sowing... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 412 pages
...often to agitate my nerves painfully, producing in my mind alternate sensations of pathetick dejection, so that I was ready to shed tears; and of daring resolution,...That air, which instantly and irresistibly excites in the Swiss, when in a foreign land, the maladie dupais, has, I am told, no intrinsick power of sound.... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1822 - 458 pages
...often to agitate my nerves painfully, producing in my mind alternate sensations of pathetic dejection, so that I was ready to shed tears ; and of daring...Much of the effect of musick, I, am satisfied, is owingto the association of ideas. That air, which instantly and irresistibly excites in the Swiss,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, James Boswell - Table-talk - 1825 - 370 pages
...often to agitate my nerves painfully, producing in my mind alternate sensations of 'pathetic dejection, so that I was ready to shed tears ; and of daring...should never hear it, if it made me such a fool." Another time, after having talked slightingly of music, he was observed to listen very attentively... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 416 pages
...often to agitate my nerves painfully, producing in my mind alternate sensations of pathetick dejection, so that I was ready to shed tears ; and of daring...That air which instantly and irresistibly excites in the Swiss, when in a foreign land, the " maladie du pais," has, I am told, no intrinsick power 1... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 576 pages
...often to agitate my nerves painfully, producing in my mind alternate sensations of pathetic dejection, so that I was ready to shed tears ; and of daring...if it made me such a fool." Much of the effect of music, I am satisfied, is owing to the association of ideas. That air, which instantly and irresistibly... | |
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... dejection, so that I was ready to shed tears; and of daring resolution, so that I was inclined to rush into the thickest part of the battle. ' Sir, (said he,) I should never hear it, if it made me such a fool. 
