...great spirit and great power in what Burton says, when he writes from his own mind." He observed, that it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. Books of Travels having been mentioned, Johnson praised Pennant very...

...done, for amusement after the fatigue of study. H.— Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, Johnson said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rite. Boswell's Life, ii. 120. they have not the sprightliness of a dialogue...

...done, for amusement after the fatigue of study. H. — Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, Johnson said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to iur. Boswell's Life, ii. 120. '<• Surely there are precedents enough for...

...has been held in the highest estimation by the first literary men of our country. Dr. Johnson says it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise; and Warton remarks, that " the writer's variety of learning, his quotations...

...conversant the writers were with the best models of antiquity. 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. He frequently exhorted Dr Maxwell to set about writing a history of...

...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...

...conversant the writers were with the best models of antiquity. " 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. " He frequently exhorted me to set about writing a History of Ireland,...

...conversant the writers were with the best models of antiquity. " 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. " He frequently exhorted me to set about writing a History of Ireland,...

...conversant the writers were with the best models of antiquity. " 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. " He frequently exhorted me to set about writing a History of Ireland,...

...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...