 add, of my own knowledge, that it was a book that Dr. Johnson frequently resorted to, as many others have done, for amusement after the fatigue of study. H.—Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, Johnson said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 107by Samuel Johnson - 1825Full view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...valuable repository of amusement and information.' It delighted Dr John : son 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...valuable repository of amusement and information. 1 It delighted Dr Johnson so much, that he said this ' pluck'd from paradise, In spreading branches more sublimely rise, Rich with immor rise,' Its reputation was considerably extended by the publication of ' Illustrations of Sterne,' in... | |
 | Robert Burton - 1847 - 702 pages
...him." — Archbishop Herring's Letters, 12mo. 1777. p. 149. "BuBToir's ASATOMT OF MF.LANCHOLT, he (Dr. Johnson) said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours soonei than he wished to rise."—Butwell's Life of Johnton, vol. i. p. 580. 8vo. edit, "BrRTox's ASATOMT... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 pages
...how conthe 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 lii-tiiry of Ireland ; and archly remarked,... | |
 | 1906 - 806 pages
...lovely is divine. Johnson was a great admirer of Burton :— “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.” And again .. Burton's ‘ Anatomy of Melancholy' is a valu. .al)le work. It is perhaps overloaded... | |
 | 1898 - 712 pages
...JOHNSON'S Two BOOKS.—Dr. Johnson is reported to have said of the ' Anatomy of Melancholy ' that " it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise " (Boswell, 1867, p. 157) ; and of ' Robinson Crusoe ' that " nobody ever laid it down without... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Burton - 1850 - 728 pages
...him." — ArchbUluip Herring's Letten, 12mo. 1777. p. 149. " BURTON'S AHATOMY or MELANCHOLY, he (Dr. Johnson) said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise."—Boswclfs Life (if Johnson, vol. i. p. 580. 8vo. edit. " BURTON'S ANATOMY or MELANCHOLY is... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 pages
...that the publisher realized a fortune by it; and it delighted Dr. Johnson so much, that he said ' it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours before he wished to rise.' Prefixed to the Anatomy of Melancholy, is a poem from which Milton borrowed... | |
 | James Boswell - 1852
...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... | |
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