 | 1880 - 888 pages
...comparative oblivion, but is now again popular among lovers of quaint literature. Dr. Johnson said it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours before his usual time. BURTON, WILLIAM EVANS, 1804-60; b. London; son of William George B. , author... | |
 | George Shaw (author of Rambles about Filey.) - 1880 - 264 pages
...oblivion for a time, but is now again popular among lovers of quaint literature. Dr. Johnson said it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours before his usual time. Anthony Wood says he was a good mathematician, a dabbler in nativities, a well-read... | |
 | David Thomas - 1881 - 446 pages
...and humour, and made a fortune for its first publisher. It is said that Dr. Johnson declared that it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. All this will stimulate our readers to become possessed of this cheap edition of the work. MOODS. Glasgow... | |
 | 1882 - 876 pages
...black-letter volumes, and of looking at the backs of books; and Burton's "Anatomy of. Melancholy" could get him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. There is no mistaking traits like these; they are the marks of what Leigh Hunt calls a " true hand."... | |
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1883 - 602 pages
...very popular during the lifetime of the author, and still has many readers. Dr. Johnson said that it " was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise." James Usher (1586-1656), Archbishop of Armagh. He was famous for his great learning, and for many works... | |
 | Thomas Page (schoolmaster.) - 1883 - 144 pages
...year after his death. lifetime of the author, and still has many readers. Dr. Johnson said that it " was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise." James Usher (1586-1656), Archbishop of Armagh. He was. famous for his great learning, and for many... | |
 | Robert Burton - 1883 - 816 pages
...Herring' i Lettert, 12mo, 1777. p. 149. " BCKTON'S ЛЯАТОМТ or MELASCIIOLY, he (Dr. Johnson) - 繺eQ { & Z = f OTd] PVr k 6R q & HT 2 )~ #+l y *s$ = ho wished to rise." — Boswelfi Life of Juhnton, voL L p. 580, Svo. edit " BCBTOS'S AXATOMT or MELANCHOLY... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 742 pages
...; wonderfully so, considering how conversant the writers were with the best models of antiquity. " Burton's ' Anatomy of Melancholy,' he said, was the...him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise.1 " He frequently exhorted me to set about writing a History of Ireland ; and archly remarked,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 pages
...conversant the writers were with the best models of antiquity. Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, he protested, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two...sooner than he wished to rise. He frequently exhorted Dr. Maxwell to set about writing a history of Ireland, and archly remarked that there had been some... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1884 - 636 pages
...was seldom seen except on the bookstalls, until brought again into notice by Dr. Johnson, who said it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. It is one of the most extraordinary books ever written. It is one mass of quotations, t-hi-~lc.il and... | |
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Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, he said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. 
