 His studies had been so various, that I am not able to name a man of equal knowledge. His acquaintance with books was great, and what he did not immediately know, he could, at least, tell where to find.  Works - Sida 27efter Samuel Johnson - 1811Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1928 - 372 sidor
...says of a friend what many of us are thinking in our 358 THE FAMILY separate ways : " Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of...which I have not some advantage from his friendship." MARY BYERS SMITH BOOKS RECEIVED FOR REVIEW ADMINISTRATION OF MOTHERS' AID IN TEN LOCALITIES : Mary... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 696 sidor
...least tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of intelligence, that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in...which I have not some advantage from his friendship *." In his abhorrence of whiggism he has imputed to his friend and benefactor " all the virulence and... | |
 | 1928 - 372 sidor
...Johnson says of a friend what many of us are thinking in our 358 359 separate ways : " Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of...which I have not some advantage from his friendship." MARY BYERS SMITH BOOKS RECEIVED FOR REVIEW ADMINISTRATION OF MOTHERS' AID IN TEN LOCALITIES: Mary Bogue.... | |
 | Lawrence Lipking - 2009 - 396 sidor
...interest. He had been reflecting on these matters from boyhood; half a century after meeting Walmsley, "it may be doubted whether a day now passes in which I have not some advantage from his friendship" (2: 21). Reminiscences color much of the Lives, which recreates the small London circle of writers... | |
 | Jeffrey O'Connell, Thomas E. O'Connell - 2008 - 208 sidor
...finest gentleman in Lichfield or its environs."23 Fifty years later, Johnson commented "such was his amplitude of learning and such his copiousness of...communication that it may be doubted whether a day now passes which I have not some advantage from his friendship."24 Walmesley, who was forty-seven years old when... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 418 sidor
...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...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... | |
 | S. C. Roberts - 2010 - 150 sidor
...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...which I have not some advantage from his friendship. Amongst the letters of this period which have been preserved, a considerable number are addressed to... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1923 - 784 sidor
...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...which I have not some advantage from his friendship.' ALGERNON GISSING. A WORLD UN CONQUERED. A BITTEK north-east wind beat against Mrs. Macduff's Roman... | |
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