...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 me to set about writing a History of Ireland, and archlv remarked, there...

...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 me to set about writing a History of Ireland, and archly remarked, there...

...Warton says, that Milton appears to have been an attentive reader thereof ; and to this assertion I add, of my own knowledge, that it was a book that...others have done, for amusement after the fatigue of study.—H. are so general, that they excite no distinct ¡mases of corrupt enjoyment, and take no...

...forgotten, which c *cd its revival to the inordinate praise •' Dr. Johnson, who observed that it ' wie the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished f> rUe. 1 From this storehouse of learnfog, intermingled with quaint observation! and witty illustrations,...

...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 me to set about writing a History of Ireland; and archly remarked,...

...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 me to set about writing a History of Ireland; and archly remarked,...

...and was seldom seen except on the book-stalls, until brought into notice by Johnson (who said that it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise), Warton, and others. Mr. Steevens in his own ropy noted a rise in price, within a few years,...

...full of sterling sense."—Archbishop Herring'» Leiter», 12mo. 1777. DR. JOHNSON speaks of it as the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours BOJiier than he wished to rise. " THE ANATOMY or MELANCHOLY is a book which has been universally read...

...most full of sterling sense."—Archbishop Herring'» Leiten, 12mo. 1777. DR. JOHNSON speaks of it as the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. "Тнв ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY is a book which has been universally read and admired. This work...

...valuable repository of amusement and information.' It delighted Dr Johnson so much, that he said this ' was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise.' Its reputation was considerably extended by the publication of ' Illustrations of Sterne,' in...