 | James Macaulay - 1884 - 164 pages
...tired of London, and lose the exquisite zest with which occasional visits are relished, Johnson said, " Why, sir, you find no man at all intellectual who...for there is in London all that life can afford." * # * He said also, " There is no place where economy can be so well practised as in London; more can... | |
 | James Hay - 1884 - 400 pages
...garret. A generation after this when he became the great literary dictator, how differently he speaks. " Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of...for there is in London all that life can afford." His poem at once gave him a name and a standing in the literary world. He had now no need of printer... | |
 | Alexander Farnum - 1884 - 348 pages
...(Walter). Haunted London. With illustrations by FW FAIRHOLT, FSA Thick 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1865 " When a man is tired of London he is tired of life, for there is in London all life can afford." — BOSWELL'S JOHNSON. 1057 THORPE (B.). Northern Mythology; the Popular Traditions... | |
 | James Hay - 1884 - 376 pages
...the kingdom. — Life. September 30, 1769. Life in When a man is tired of London, he is tired London of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford. — Life. September 20, 1777. Love in A man in London is in less danger of n on falling in love indiscreetly... | |
 | Charles Wilkins - 1885 - 610 pages
...the most brilliant men of a brilliant period. Can we now wonder at his confession of faith, that " when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life...for there is in London all that life can afford/' A"o/t omnia possuruus omnes, as Partridge confessed on an embarrassing occasion, and if Johnson ridiculed... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 492 pages
...See/w/, April 7, 1778. ' exquisite zest with which I relished it in occasional visits might go off, and I might grow tired of it. JOHNSON. 'Why, Sir,...London all that life can afford'.' To obviate his apprehension, that by settling in London I might desert the seat of my ancestors, I assured him, that... | |
 | James Boswell, Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 490 pages
...The Laird of Auchinleck. exquisite zest with which I relished it in occasional visits might go off, and I might grow tired of it. JOHNSON. 'Why, Sir,...London all that life can afford '.' To obviate his apprehension, that by settling in London I might desert the seat of my ancestors, I assured him, that... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1887 - 632 pages
...with which I relished it on occasional visits might go off, and I might grow tired of it. JOHKSON : " Why, sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who...for there is in London all that life can afford." We walked in the evening in Greenwich (grin' V) Park. He asked me, I suppose by way of trying my disposition,... | |
 | William Mathews - 1887 - 406 pages
...antennae nearly touch Dulwich and Balham. " When a man is tired of London," said Dr. Johnson to Boswell, "he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford." Charles Lamb used to shed tears in the motley and crowded Strand from fulness of joy at the sight of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 pages
...elegance, and give an example of good order, virtue, and piety ; and so its residence at home may be of leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London,...in London all that life can afford." To obviate his apprehension, that by settling in London I might desert the seat of my ancestors, I assured him that... | |
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Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford. 
