This exhibition has filled the heads of the Artists and lovers of art. Surely life, if it be not long, is tedious, since we are forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles to rid us of our time, of that time which never can return. Eighteenth Century Letters - Page 99edited by - 1898Full view - About this book
| English literature - 1787 - 534 pages
...ted¡ecs¡ fince we are forced to call in the aulffcincc pf fo many trifles to rid из of our time, üf that time which never can return. I know my Baretti will not be ^»tisfird. with a letter in which I give him no account of myfelf : yet what account ОиЦ I.give... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1788 - 586 pages
...excellencies, by retaining his kindnefs for Baretti. This exhibition has filled the heads of the artifts and lovers of art. Surely life, if it be not long, is tedious, fince we are forced to call in the affiftance of fo many trifles to rid us of our time, of thgt time... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1788 - 596 pages
...excellencies, by retaining his kindnefs for Baretti. This exhibition has filled the heads of the artifts and lovers of art. Surely life, if it be not long, is tedious, face 'we are forced to call in the affiftance of fo many trifles to fid us of our time, of that time... | |
| Periodicals - 1788 - 404 pages
...excellencies, by retaining his kindnefs for Baretti. This exhibition has filled the heads of the artifts and lovers of art. Surely life, if it be not long, is tedious, fince we are forced to call in the afliftance of fo many trifles to rid us of our time, of that time... | |
| James Boswell - 1791 - 554 pages
...excellencies, by retaining his kindnefs for Baretjti. This exhibition has filled the heads of the Artifts and lovers of art. Surely life, if it be not long, is tedious, fince we are forced to call in the affiftance of fo many trifles to rid us of our time, of that time... | |
| James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...among other excellencies, by retaining his kindness for Baretti. This Exhibition has filled the heads of the Artists and lovers of art Surely life, if it...of our time, of that time which never can return. 1 Hawkins (Life, p. 318) says that Johnson told him ' that in his whole life he was never capable of... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...among other excellencies, by retaining his kindness for Baretti. This Exhibition has filled the heads of the Artists and lovers of art Surely life, if it...of our time, of that time which never can return. ' Hawkins (Life, p. 318) says that Johnson told him 'that in his whole life he was never capable of... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...among other excellencies, by retaining his kindness for Baretti. This Exhibition has filled the heads of the Artists and lovers of art. Surely life, if it be not long, is tedious, since we -tire forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles to rid us of our time, of that time which... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
...among other excellencies, by retaining his kindness for Baretti. This Exhibition has filled the heads of the Artists and lovers of art. Surely life, if...Baretti will not be satisfied with a letter in which 1 give him no account of myself: yet what account shall I give him ; I have not, since the day of our... | |
| Frank Elizabeth - 1814 - 400 pages
...tion. This exhibition has filled the heads of the artists and lovers'of arts.—Surely life, if it is not long, is tedious, since we are forced to call...Baretti will not be satisfied with a letter in which I give him no account of myself: yet what account shall I give him ? I have not, since the day of our... | |
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