 I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of Romance might have delighted to feign. I had indeed no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 177by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806Full view - About this book
 | 1865 - 538 pages
...— " I sat down on a bank such as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign. I had, indeed, no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills,... | |
 | 1865 - 540 pages
...over my head, but a clear rivnlet streamed at my feet. The day was cnlm, the air soft, and all wa< rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on...high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, fixed the mind to find entertainment for itself."* The storm which "the journey" raised in the Scottish... | |
 | John Murray (publishers.) - 1873 - 644 pages
...observes, " I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign. I had, indeed, no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed" at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 544 pages
...: " I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign. I had, indeed, no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 814 pages
...: " I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign. I had, indeed, no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1885 - 454 pages
...— " I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign. I had, indeed, no trees to whisper over my head ; but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 492 pages
...trees to whisper over my head ; but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude....hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to f1nd entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well, I know not ; for here I first conceived... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 558 pages
...here: "I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of romance mighthave delighted to feign. I had, indeed, no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 480 pages
...: " I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign. I had, indeed, no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side; were high hills,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 494 pages
...sat down en a bank, such as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign. I had, indeed, to trm to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day WM •*"*••*• THE M'CKAAS. 271 afterwards came to Auchnasheal, a kind of raral village, a number... | |
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