 | James Boswell - 1813 - 492 σελίδες
...were high Mils, 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1813 - 484 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... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 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 IJlrst conceived the thoughts of this narration" The narrative which he meditated, in this wild unfrequented... | |
 | Samuel Johnson (écrivain.) - 1816 - 218 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 untraveUed wilderness are not such as arise in the artificial solitude of parks and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 432 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 398 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 424 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.... | |
 | 1821 - 702 σελίδες
...which by hindering the mind from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. \\ lid)her I spent the hour well, I know not; for here I first conceived the thought of this narrative." Mr. Shottleworth tells us, and we have no doubt, tells us truly, that nothing can be farther... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 728 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 680 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 untravellcd wilderness are not such as arise in the artificial solitude of parks... | |
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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,... 
