 | Tobias Smollett - 1775 - 552 strani
...was calm, the atr-ibft, and all was rudenefs, filence, and folitude. Before me, and on either fide, were high hills, which by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itfelf. Whether I fpent the hour well I know not ; for here I firft conceived the thought of this narration.'... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1775 - 400 strani
...was calm, the air foft, and all was rudenefs, filence, and folitude. Before me, and on either fide, were high hills, which by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itfelf. Whether I fpent the •» hour .well I know not; for here I firft conceived the thought of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1775 - 280 strani
...Toft, and all was rudenefs, filence, and foHtude. Before me, and on either fide, were high liills, which by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itfelf. Whether I fpent the hour well I know not ; for here I firft conceived the thought of this narration.... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1775 - 664 strani
...mind to find entertainment for itfelf. Whether I fpeot the hour well I knpw not j fog here 1 firft conceived the thought of this narration. ' We were in this place at eafe and by choice, and had no evils to fufFer or to fear -, yet the imaginations excited by the view... | |
 | James Boswell - 1785 - 546 strani
...was calm, the air foft, and all was rudenefs, filencc and folitude. Before me, and on either fide, were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itfelf. -Whether I fpent the hour well, I know not ; for here I firft conceived the thought of this... | |
 | James Boswell - 1785 - 548 strani
...was calm, the air foft, and all was ruder nefs, filence and folitude. Before me, and on either fide, were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itfelf. Whether I fpent the hour well, I know not ; for here I firft conceived the thought of this... | |
 | James Boswell - 1786 - 552 strani
...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...I first conceived the thought of this narration.' The Critical Reviewers, with a spirit and expression worthy of the subject, say,—' We congratulate... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 550 strani
...was calm, the air foft, and all was rudenefs, filence, and folitude. Before me, and on either fide, were high hills, •which, by hindering the eye from...ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itfelf. Whether I fpent the hour well I know not; for here I firft conceived the thought of this narration.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 strani
...was calm, the air foft, and all was rudenefs, filence, and folitude. Before me, and on either fide, were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for kfelf. Whether I fpent the hour well I know not ; for here I firft conceived the thought of this narration.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 258 strani
...mind to find entertainment for itfelf. Whether I fpei.t the hour well I know not ;. for here I firft conceived the thought of this narration. We were in this place at cafe, and by choice,, and had. no evils to fuffer or to fear ; yet the imaginations excited by 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... 
