 | George Frederick Bosworth - 1912 - 310 pages
...of most people who come to it early enough, and Dr Johnson expressed this feeling when he said : — "Why, sir, you find no man at all intellectual who...for there is in London all that life can afford." 29. THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER AND THE BOROUGHS IN THE NORTH-WEST AND SOUTH-WEST OF THE COUNTY OF LONDON.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1916 - 370 pages
...to reside in London, the exquisite zest with which I relished it in occasional visits might go off, and I might grow tired of it. JOHNSON. "Why, Sir,...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1917 - 606 pages
...to reside in London, the exquisite zest with which I relished it in occasional visits might go off, and I might grow tired of it. JOHNSON. 'Why, Sir,...for there is in London all that life can afford.' He said, 'A country gentleman should bring his lady to visit London as soon as he can, that they may... | |
 | Gertrude Richardson Brigham - 1917 - 310 pages
...beginnings of a grand collection. PART IV PICTURES TO SEE IN EUROPE CHAPTER X PICTURES TO SEE IN LONDON " When a man is tired of London he is tired of life for there is in London all that life ran afford." — BOSWELL'S Life of Johnson. Among the many fine collections of painting in London,... | |
 | Julia Patton - 1918 - 264 pages
...in occasional visits might go off, and he might grow tired of it. "Why, Sir," exclaimed the Doctor, "you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing...for there is in London all that life can afford." And again when Boswell ventured to intimate that there were people who were content to live in the... | |
 | Sydney Castle Roberts - 1919 - 210 pages
...amusements. Boswell once suggested that he himself might grow tired of the city if he lived continuously in it : "JOHNSON. 'Why, Sir, you find no man, at all...for there is in London all that life can afford'"; and to the very end he found that "such conversation as London affords, could be found nowhere else."... | |
 | May Yates - 1922 - 132 pages
...the literary universe, it is true, yet he could never, at any time, have fully endorsed Johnson's " No, sir, when a man is tired of London he is tired...for there is in London all that life can afford." To love and describe nature faithfully one must either live in daily communion with her or be able to... | |
 | James Boswell - 1923 - 372 pages
...to reside in London, the exquisite zest with which I relished it in occasional visits might go off, and I might grow tired of it. JOHNSON. "Why, Sir,...for there is in London all that life can afford." He said, a country gentleman should bring his lady to visit London as soon as he can, that they may... | |
 | Alfred Edward Newton - 1923 - 170 pages
...again. Dr. JOHNSON. Why, sir, you will find no man at all intellectual who does not delight in London. When a man is tired of London he is tired of life, for there is in London all that life can afford. But, sir, I never knew any one with such a gust for the town as you have. Mr. BOSWELL. The streets,... | |
 | Octavius Francis Christie - 1924 - 296 pages
...of any man who is permitted to lay out his own time, contriving not to have tedious hours.' " 1 " ' Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who...for there is in London all that life can afford.' " 2 " ' Yet, Sir ' (said I), ' there are many people who are content to live in the country. ' JOHNSON.... | |
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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. 
