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
| James Boswell - 1885 - 492 pages
...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. 3 1 [Montaigne had the same affection for Paris, which Johnson had for London.—" Je l'aime... | |
| Henry Augustin Beers - 1886 - 304 pages
...Lawrence Sterne helped himself freely to Burton's treasures, and Dr. John>son said that the Anatomy was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. The vulgar and common errors which Sir Thomas Browne set himself to refute, were such as these... | |
| James Boswell - 1887 - 500 pages
...1, and post, considered themselves to be company March 30, 1781, '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... | |
| James Boswell - 1887 - 512 pages
...and post, March 30, 1781. ' Burton's Aetat. 61.] Ireland. 121 ' 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... | |
| Jacques Parmentier - 1887 - 364 pages
...is a very storehouse of quaintly original ideas. It delighted D r 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. " 8.—A few Scottish authors contributed to illustrate the Elizabethan period. Among them the... | |
| Richard Halkett - 1887 - 588 pages
...read through without stopping; also his Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, the only book, he confessed, that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. Robert Browning's copy of Laman Blanchard's Lyric Offerings. [What would I do to once again run... | |
| James Boswell - 1889 - 504 pages
...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. 2 1 Walter Harte, born about 1707, AM of St. Mary's Hall in Oxford, was tutor to Lord Chesterfield's... | |
| James Boswell - 1889 - 504 pages
...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. 2 2 " Barton's Anatomy of Melancholy is the most amusing and instructive medley of quotations... | |
| Henry Augustin Beers - 1890 - 320 pages
...Lawrence Sterne helped himself freely to Burton's treasures, and Dr. Johnson said that the Anatomy was the only book that ever took him. out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. The vulgar and common errors which Sir Thomas Browne set himself to refute were such as these:... | |
| Henry Augustin Beers - 1894 - 342 pages
...Lawrence Sterne helped himself freely to Burton's treasures, and Dr. Johnson said that the Anatomy was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. The vulgar and common errors which Sir Thomas Browne set himself to refute were such as these:... | |
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