 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 35by Samuel Johnson - 1818Full view - About this book
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 pages
...copper, and made them and their parents all happy. The poor M'Craas, scribes his situation here : " I ut down on a bank, such as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign. 1 had, indeed, no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1901 - 880 pages
...sentence in which the author celebrates his arrival at the shores of Loch Ness, where he reposes upon ' a bank such as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign,' and reflects that a ' uniformity of barrenness can afford very little amusement to the traveller ;... | |
 | 1865 - 538 pages
...a touching romance ; and we find him, for one brief moment only however, in this condition : — " I sat down on a bank such as a writer of romance might...rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills,... | |
 | 1865 - 540 pages
...brief moment only however, in this condition : * Journey, 1st Ed., p. 84. " I sat down on a bank snch as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign....indeed, no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivnlet streamed at my feet. The day was cnlm, the air soft, and all wa< rudeness, silence, and solitude.... | |
 | John Murray (publishers.) - 1873 - 644 pages
...Johnson with the idea of writing his 'Journey to the Western Isles.' At Auchnashiel he observes, " I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of romance...rivulet streamed" at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills,... | |
 | 1880 - 556 pages
...neither impregnate the imagination nor enlarge the understanding." And though he shortly afterwards sits down on a bank " such as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign," and there conceived the thought of his book, he does not seem to have felt much enthuiasm. He checked... | |
 | 1882 - 598 pages
...Isles ' shows touches of the true feeling. Thus of Auchnasheel he observes : 'I sat down on a hank, such as a writer of romance might have delighted to...rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 814 pages
...people. Not one of 1 Dr. Johnson, in his " Journey," thus beautifully describes his situation here : " I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of romance...rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 544 pages
...people. Not one of 1 Dr. Johnson, in his " Journey," thus beautifully describes his situation here : " I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of romance...rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1885 - 454 pages
...Spain. — ED. 1 Dr. Johnson, in his " Journey," thus beautifully describes his situation here : — " I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of romance...rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills,... | |
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