 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 strani
...with books was great ; and what he did not immediately know, lie could at least tell where to fiud. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness...now passes in which I have not some advantage from hb friendship. At this man's table I enjoyed many cheerful and instructive hours, with companions such... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 380 strani
...was great ; and what he did not immediately know, he could at least tell where to find. Such was iiis amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of...has gladdened life ; with Dr. James, whose skill in phyiic will be long remembered, and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 504 strani
...remembrance. I knew him very early j he was one of the first friends that literature procured me, and 1 hope that at least my gratitude made me worthy of...advantage from his friendship. At this man's table 1 enjoyed many cheerful and instructive hours, with companions such as are not often found; with one... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 strani
...books was great, and what he did not immediately know, he could, at least, tell where to find. Such WHS his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness...which I have not some advantage from his friendship. I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend. But »hat are the hopes of man... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 strani
...Gilbert Walmsley, thus presented to my mind, let me indulge myself in the remembrance. I knew him very early ; he was one of the first friends that literature...his friendship. At this man's table I enjoyed many chearful and instructive hours, with companions such as are not often found ; with one who has lengthened,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 430 strani
...that at least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice. He was of an advanced age, and I was only yet a boy ; yet he never received my notions with contempt....has gladdened, life ; with Dr. James, whose skill in physick will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 428 strani
...that at least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice. He was of an advanced age, and I was only yet a boy; yet he never received my notions with contempt....has gladdened, life; with Dr. James, whose skill in physick will be long remembered; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 394 strani
...in the cathedral of Lichfield, with an inscription written by Mr. Seward, one of the prebendaries. He was a whig, with all the virulence and malevolence...has gladdened life ; with Dr. James, whose skill in physick will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 398 strani
...in the cathedral of Lichfield, with an inscription written by Mr. Seward, one of the prebendaries. He was a whig, with all the virulence and malevolence...has gladdened life ; with Dr. James, whose skill in physick will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 388 strani
...whig, with all the virulence and malevolence of his party ; yet difference of opinion did not teep us apart. I honoured him, and he endured me. " He...has gladdened life ; with Dr. James, whose skill in physick will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this... | |
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His studies had been so various, that I am not able to name a man of equal knowledge. His acquaintance with books was great : and what he did not immediately know, he could, at least, tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his... 
