...Warton fays, that Milton appears to have been an attentive reader thereof - r a'nd to this affection I add, of my own knowledge, that it was a book that Dr. Johnfon frequently reforted to, as many others have done, for amufcmcnt after the fatigue ot" ftudy....

...fpirit and great power in what Burton fays, when he writes from his own mind." He obfervcd, that it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours fooncr than he wifhcd to rife. Books of Travels having been mentioned, Johnfon praifed Pennant very...

...wrote in, is uncommonly clear and brilliant. Dr. Johnson has declared, that the " Anatomy of Melancholy was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise;" and in another place he observes, " it is, perhaps, overloaded with quotation. But there is...

...esteemed one of the most facetious companions in the university. Dr. Johnson says of this work, that" it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise." And again, " it is, perhaps, overloaded with quotations ; but there is great spirit and great...

...esteemed one of the most facetious companions in the university. Dr. Johnson says of this work, that" it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise." And again, " it is, perhaps, overloaded with quotations ; but there is great spirit and great...

...recondite learning, he had recourse to Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, of which he has affirmed, that " it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise." • * In the Gentleman's Magazine for 1736, p. 418. 1 The prospect of succeeding in his academy...

...esteemed one of the most facetious companions in the university. Dr. Johnson says of this work, that" it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise." And again, " it is, perhaps, overloaded with quotations ; but there is great spirit and grea,t...

...conversant the writers were with the best models of antiquity. " Burton's ' Anatomy of Melancholy,' he said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sonner than he wished to rise. "He frequently exhorted me to set about writing a History of Ireland,...

...spirit and great power in what Burton says, when he writes from his own mind." He observed, that it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. Books of Travels having been mentioned., Johnson praised Pennant veiV highly. Dr. Percy (who...

...how conversant the writers were with the best models of antiquity. Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, he said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. He frequently exhorted Dr. Maxwell to set about writing a history of Ireland, and archly remarked,...