| 1928 - 372 pages
...things. Somewhere, 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...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.... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 418 pages
...Gilbert Walmsley, thus presented to my I mind, let me indulge myself in the remembrance. I knew him very early ; he was one of the first friends that literature...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... | |
| James Boswell - 1820 - 544 pages
...in the cathedral of Litchfield, with an inscription written by Mr. Seward, one of the Prebendaries. mind. His belief of revelation was unshaken; his learning...has gladdened life; with Dr. James, whose skill in physick will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1923 - 784 pages
...his party ; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him and he endured me. . . . His studies had been so various that I am not able...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... | |
| S. C. Roberts - 2010 - 150 pages
...his party ; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him and he endured me. . . . His studies had been so various, that I am not able...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... | |
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