 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1809 - 476 pages
...heavy and dead masses of learning. Dr. Johnson, speaking of Dr. Birch, the biographer, remarked, " Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation, but...a torpedo to him, and benumbs all his faculties." * Minds must be more than ordinarily endowed, to give vitality to ideas and language without any aid... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1809 - 914 pages
...speaking of Dr. Birch, the biographer, remarked " Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation, b\m no sooner does he take a pen in his hand, than it bw comes a torpedo to him, and benumbs all his facuM ties." * Minds must be more than ordinarily eiz»... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 354 pages
...heavy and dead masses of learning. Dr. Johnson, speaking of Dr. Birch, the biographer, remarked, " Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation, but...a torpedo to him, and benumbs all his faculties." a Minds must be more than ordinarily endowed, to give vitality to ideas and language without any aid... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...Mead.f which is conceived with great address, to conciliate the patronage of that very eminent mau. It has been circulated, I know not with what authenticity,...a torpedo to him, and benumbs all his faculties." That the literature of this country is much indebted to Birch's activity and diligence must certainly... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 442 pages
...Mead,f which is conceived with great address, to conciliate the patronage of that very eminent man. It has been circulated, I know not with what authenticity,...a dull writer, and said of him, " Tom Birch is as 1 it i- k as a bee in conversation ; but no sooner does he take a pen in his hand, than it becomes... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 394 pages
...knowledge is most extensive. I am, sir, " Your most obedient humble servant, " R. JAMES." thenticity, that Johnson considered Dr. Birch as a dull writer,...a torpedo to him, and benumbs all his faculties." That the literature of this country is much indebted to Birch's activity and- diligence must certainly... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 388 pages
...most extensive. 1 am, sir, " Your most obedient humble servant, " R. JAMES." thenticity, that Jolinson considered Dr. Birch as a dull writer, and said of...a torpedo to him, and benumbs all his faculties." That the literature of this country is much indebted to Birch's activity and diligence must certainly... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 508 pages
...Mead,f which is conceived with great address, to conciliate the patronage of that very eminent man.5 It has been circulated, I know not with what authenticity,...a torpedo to him, and benumbs all his faculties." That the literature of this country is much indebted to Birch's activity and diligence must certainly... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 514 pages
...Mead,f which is conceived with great address, to conciliate the patronage of that very eminent man. 5 It has been circulated, I know not with what authenticity,...a torpedo to him, and benumbs all his faculties." That the literature of this country is much indebted to Birch's activity and diligence must certainly... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 478 pages
...the least whose knowledge is most extensive. I am, sir, Your most obedient humble servant, R. JAMEs. It has been circulated, I know not with what authenticity,...than it becomes a torpedo to him, and benumbs all his facultiesq." That the literature of this country is much indebted to Birch's activity and diligence... | |
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It has been circulated, I know not with what authenticity, that Johnson considered Dr. Birch as a dull writer, and said of him, 'Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation ; but no sooner does he take a pen in his hand, than it becomes a torpedo to... 
