 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
 | George Shaw (author of Rambles about Filey.) - 1880 - 264 pages
...oblivion for a time, but is now again popular among lovers of quaint literature. Dr. Johnson said it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours before his usual time. Anthony Wood says he was a good mathematician, a dabbler in nativities, a well-read... | |
 | Robert Burton - 1881 - 808 pages
...Lau. ' —Archbitttop Herring's Letten, 12mo, 1777. p. 149. " BURTON'S ANATOMY 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."—Boswelft Life of Johnson, vol. L p. 580, 8vo. edit. "BURTON'S ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY is a valuable... | |
 | David Thomas - 1881 - 446 pages
...and humour, and made a fortune for its first publisher. It is said that Dr. Johnson declared that it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he •wished to rise. All this will stimulate our readers to become possessed of this cheap edition of the work. MOODS.... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - 1881 - 188 pages
...Junior. Said to have been written to divert the anthor from melancholy. Dr. Johnson spoke of it as the "only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise." Thomas Warton wrote a poem called the Pleasures of Melancholy, and Edmmid Gregory a work entitled'... | |
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1883 - 602 pages
...It was very rjorjula\ lifetime of the author, and still has many readers. Dr. Johnson said that it " was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise." James Usher (1586-1656), Archbishop of Armagh. He was famous for his great learning, and for... | |
 | Thomas Page (schoolmaster.) - 1883 - 144 pages
...year after his death. lifetime of the author, and still has many readers. Dr. Johnson said that it " was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise." James Usher (1586-1656), Archbishop of Armagh. He was. famous for his great learning, and for... | |
 | Robert Burton - 1883 - 816 pages
...— ArcJibiîhop Herriny'i Leiters, 12mo, 1777. p. 149. " BÜBTON'S ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY, he (Dr. Johnson) said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than ho wished to rise." — Boswelîs Lift of Johnson, voL ip 580, Svo. edit " BDKTON'S ANATOMY or MELANCHOLY... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 722 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. 1 " He frequently exhorted me to set about writing a History of Ireland ; and archly remarked,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 742 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. " He frequently exhorted me to set about writing a History of Ireland ; and archly remarked,... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1884 - 636 pages
...was seldom seen except on the bookstalls, until brought again into notice by Dr. Johnson, who said it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. It is one of the most extraordinary books ever written. It is one mass of quotations, ;1 and... | |
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