 Having imagined that his brother had hid some apples behind a large folio upon an upper shelf in his father's shop, he climbed up to search for them. There were no apples; but the large folio proved to be Petrarch, whom he had seen mentioned, in some...  Boswell's Life of Johnson - Stran 30avtor: James Boswell - 1901Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1892 - 220 strani
...the large folio proved to be ' Petrarch,' whom he had seen mentioned in some preface as one of the restorers of learning. His curiosity having been thus...with avidity, and read a great part of the book." It was no doubt the remembrance of this eager reading which made him say in his old age : " That for... | |
 | GEORGE BIRKBECK HILL - 1892 - 418 strani
...the large folio proved to be ' Petrarch,' whom he had seen mentioned in some preface as one of the restorers of learning. His curiosity having been thus...with avidity, and read a great part of the book." It was no doubt the remembrance of this eager reading which made him say in his old age : " That for... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1893 - 152 strani
...couple of years at home were spent in desultory reading, " not voyages and travels," (he told Boswell) " but all literature, Sir, all ancient writers, all manly ; though but little Greek .... so that when I came to Oxford, Dr. Adams, now Master of Pembroke College, told me I was the best... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1894 - 116 strani
...couple of years at home were spent in desultory reading, " not voyages and travels" (he told Boswell), "but all literature, Sir, all ancient writers, all manly ; though but little Greek .... so that when I came to Oxford, Dr. Adams, now Master of Pembroke College, told me I was the best... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1894 - 196 strani
...couple of years at home were spent in desultory reading, " not voyages and travels" (he told Boswell), "but all literature, Sir, all ancient writers, all manly ; though but little Greek .... so that when I came to Oxford, Dr. Adams, now Master of Pembroke College, told me I was the best... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1895 - 234 strani
...couple of years at home were spent in desultory reading, " not voyages and travels" (he told Boswell), "but all literature, Sir, all ancient writers, all manly ; though but little Greek .... so that when I came to Oxford, Dr. Adams, now Master of Pembroke College, told me I was the best... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 638 strani
...but the large folio proved to be Petrarch, whom he had seen mentioned, in some preface, as one of the restorers of learning. His curiosity having been thus...works of mere amusement, " not voyages and travels, 1 " He took him home, probably, book." — (Sir J. Hawkins.) Some books with a view of bringing up... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 628 strani
...but the large folio proved to be Petrarch, whom he had seen mentioned, in some preface, as one of the restorers of learning. His curiosity having been thus excited, he sat down Where furies ever howl, and serpents hiss. O'er the sad plains perpetual tempests sigh, And pois'nous... | |
 | Charles Lewis Slattery - 1909 - 230 strani
...to read; but he was not content with such meagre fare. So he plunged into the books of many authors, "not voyages and travels, but all literature, Sir, all ancient writers, all manly." The man who browses in the corners of libraries and bookshops will find books to which a formal bow... | |
 | James Boswell - 1916 - 370 strani
...but the large folio proved to be Petrarch, whom he had seen mentioned, in some preface, as one of the restorers of learning. His curiosity having been thus...ancient writers, all manly, though but little Greek; but in this irregular manner," added he, "I had looked into a great many books, which were not commonly... | |
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