...with the best models of antiquity. " Burton's ' Anatomy of Melancholy,* he said, was the only boot archlv remarked, there had been some good Irish writers, and that one Irishman might at least aspire...

...antiquity. "• Burton's ' Anatomv of Melancholy,' he said, was the only boob that ever took him uut of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. " He frequently exhorted me to set ahout writing л History of Ireland, and archly remarked, there had been some good Irish writers, and...

...was great power and spirit in what Burton said, when he wrote from his own mind. He confessed that it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours earlier than he wished to rise."—Bosmell. 1010 (John) Monasticon Eboracense: and the Ecclesiastical...

...variety of learning, and originality of thought, and is said by the great Dr. Johnson ti> have been the "only book that ever took him out of bed, two hours sooner than he wished to rise." Extract from Burton's " Anatomy of Melanchobj.'' " What would Democritus the philosopher have said,...

...forgotten, which »"ed ¡U revival to the inordinate praise vi Dr. Johnson, who observed that it ' tai the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rl-e.' From this storehouse of learning, intermingled with quaint observation« and witty illustrations,...

...inelegant; wonderfully so, considering how conversant the writers were with the best models of antiquity. " his readiness to comply with his majesty's wishes. During the whole of look him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. " He frequently exhorted me to set about...

...and was seldom seen except on the book-stalls, until brought into notice by Johnson (who said that it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise), Warton, and others. Mr. Steevens in his own copy noted a rise in price, within a few years, from eighteen...

...full of sterling sense." — Archbishop Herring'» Leiter», 12mo. 1777. DR. JOHNSON speaks of it as the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours BOJiier than he wished to rise. " THE ANATOMY or MELANCHOLY is a book which has been universally read...

...Archbishop Herring's Letters, 12mo. 1777. p. 149. "BURTON'S ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY, he (Dr. Johnson) said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise." Boswell's Life of Johnson, vol. ip 580. 8vo. edit. " BURTON'S ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY is a valuable book,i'...

...full of sterling sense." — Archbithop Herring's Letteri, 12mo. 1777. DR. JOHNSON speaks of it as t he scorned him any answer, tacite exprobrans fortunam suam (saith mine author), up "THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY is a book which has been universally read and admired. This work is for...