 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1775 - 664 σελίδες
...mind to find entertainment for itfelf. Whether I fpeot the hour well I knpw not j fog here 1 firft conceived the thought of this narration. ' We were in this place at eafe and by choice, and had no evils to fufFer or to fear -, yet the imaginations excited by the view... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1775 - 280 σελίδες
...mind to find entertainment for itfelf. Whether I fpent the hour well I know not ; for here I firft conceived the thought of this narration. We were in this place .at eafe and by choice, and had no evils to fuffer or to fear ; yet the imaginations excited by the view... | |
 | James Boswell - 1786 - 552 σελίδες
...were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well, I know not...I first conceived the thought of this narration.' The Critical Reviewers, with a spirit and expression worthy of the subject, say,—' We congratulate... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 550 σελίδες
...the mind to find entertainment for itfelf. Whether I fpent the hour well I know not; for here I firft conceived the thought of this narration. We were in this place at eafe and by choice, and had no evils to fuffer or to fear; yet the imaginations excited by the view... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 σελίδες
...the mind to find entertainment for kfelf. Whether I fpent the hour well I know not ; for here I firft conceived the thought of this narration. We were in this place at eafe and by choice, and had no evils to fuffer or to fear; yet the imaginations excited by the view... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 424 σελίδες
...mind to find entertainment for itfelf. Whether I fpent the hour well I know not ; for here I firft conceived the thought of this narration. We were in this place at eafe and by choice, and had no evils to fuffer or to fear ; yet the imaginations excited by the view... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 432 σελίδες
...mind to find entertainment for itfelf. Whether I fpent the hour well I know not ; for here I firft conceived the thought of this narration. We were in this place at eafe and by choice, and had no evils to fuffer or to fear ; yet the imaginations excited by the view... | |
 | Philip Bracebridge Homer - 1804 - 230 σελίδες
...the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether! spent the hourwell I know not ; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration." I imagine that the inn at Cluony has been built since the time of Dr. Johnson: indeed it is Ept properly... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 360 σελίδες
...were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not ;...to fear ; yet the imaginations excited by the view of an unknown and untravelled wilderness are not such as arise in the artificial solitude of parks... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 496 σελίδες
...were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well, I know not ; for here T first conceived the thought of this narration." — The Critical Reviewers, with a spirit ani expression... | |
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I had indeed no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills which, by hindering the eye from ranging,... 
