 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1806 - 360 pages
...cogent. We therefore willingly dismounted, and diverted ourselves as the place gave us opportunity. I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign. I had inindeed no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm,... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - Great Britain - 1809 - 378 pages
...cogent. We, therefore, willingly dismounted, and diverted ourselves as (he place gave us opportunity. I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of romance...my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. Ihe day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me,- and on cither... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1810 - 438 pages
...Dr. Johnson in his Journey, thus beautifully describes his situation here : — " I sat down onabank, such as a writer of romance might have delighted to...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, which,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 388 pages
...cogent. We therefore willingly dismounted, and diverted ourselves as the place gave us opportunity. I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of romance...rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on cither side, were high hills, which, by hindering the eye fi.om ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...cogent. We therefore willingly dismounted, and diverted ourselves as the place gave us opportunity. , I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of romance...streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air was svfh and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before rife, and on either side, were high hills,... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1813 - 484 pages
...obliging fellow. At * Dr. Johnson, in his Journey, thus beautifully describes his situation here : " I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of romance...rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the aif soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills,... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1813 - 492 pages
...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 cither side, were high Mils, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment... | |
 | English literature - 1821 - 702 pages
...author, Johnson experienced a similar excitement. " 1 sat down," says the author of the Rambler, " on a bank such as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign. I had no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 682 pages
...cogent. We, therefore, willingly dismounted, and diverted ourselves as the place gave us opportunity. I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of romance...hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to fmd entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not ; for here I first conceived... | |
 | 1829 - 642 pages
...on a bank in Glen Morrison. He had no trees to whisper over him, but a clear rivulet streamed at his feet : " the day was calm, the air was soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude." Vi'e have here concentrated the essence of a thousand descriptions of wild mountain scenery. The "... | |
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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... 
