...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 life ; for there isin London all that life can afford.' " Next appeared the "Life of Savage" — Savage, the Earl's...

...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...

...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...

...(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...

...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...

...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,...

...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...

...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,...desert the seat of my ancestors, I assured him that 1 had old feudal principles to a degree of enthusiasm ; and that 1 felt all the dulcedo of the natale...

...hat one evil, — poverty. Chap. ix. 1777. Employment, sir, and hardships prevent melancholy. Ihid. When a man is tired of London he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford. ihid. He was so generally civil that nohody thanked him for it. ihid. Goldsmith, however, was a man...

...London if, instead of an occasional visit, he made it his residence. " Why, sir," cried Johnson, " you find no man at all intellectual who is willing...life, for there is in London all that life can afford. A country gentleman should bring his lady to visit London as soon as he can, that they may have agreeable...