 | Great Britain - 1804 - Liczba stron: 716
...and such his copiousness of communication, that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in whicn I have not some advantage from his friendship. ' • At this man's table I enjoyed many chearful and instructive hours, with companions such as are not often found ; with one who has lengthened,... | |
 | Hewson Clarke - 1806 - Liczba stron: 274
...to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of communication, that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in which I have not some advantage from his friendship." Emanuel College, Cambridge^ June 1, 1806. OF VOL. I. Pager DEDICATION. ia. Preface v. Life of the Author... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - Liczba stron: 514
...to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of communication, that it may be doubted whether a day now passes, in which I have not some advantage from his friendship. " He had mingled with the gay world without exemption from its vices or its follies ; but had never... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - 1807 - Liczba stron: 362
...; " Such " was his amplitude of learning, and such his " copiousness of communication, that it may be " doubted, whether a day now passes in which " I have not some advantage from his friend" ship."* There were, indeed, few branches of science with which he was not in some degree conversant,... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - 1807 - Liczba stron: 356
...; " Such " was his amplitude of learning, and such his " copiousness of communication, that it may be " doubted, whether a day now passes in which " I have not some advantage from his friend" ship."* * Johnson's ' Lives of the English Poets/ Vol. III. p. 36. Life of Smith. • There... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - 1807 - Liczba stron: 364
...Beattie,- " Such " was his amplitude of learning, and such his " copibusness of communication, that it may be " doubted, whether a day now passes in which " I have not some advantage from his friend" ship."* * Johnson's ' Lives of the English Poets/ Vol. HI. p. 38. Life of Smith. There were,... | |
 | George Gregory - 1808 - Liczba stron: 352
...to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of communication, that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in which I have...instructive hours, with companions such as are not often to be found ; with one who has lengthened, and one who has gladdened life; with Dr. James, whose skill... | |
 | William Hogarth - 1808 - Liczba stron: 346
...of Mr. Garrick, in Dr. Johnson's Life of Edmund Smith. After mentioning a Mr. Walmsley, he adds, " At this man's table I enjoyed many cheerful and "...instructive hours with companions such as are not often to be found; " with one who has lengthened, and one who has gladdened life; with Dr. " James, whose... | |
 | George Gregory - 1809 - Liczba stron: 384
...amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of communication, that it may be doubted whether ad:iy now passes in which I have not some advantage from...instructive hours, with companions such as are not often to be found ; with one who has lengthened, and one who has gladdened life ; with Dr. James whose skill... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - Liczba stron: 664
...to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of communication, that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in which I have...has gladdened, life ; with Dr. James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered, and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character... | |
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His acquaintance with books was great ; and what he did not immediately know he could at least tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness of communication, that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in which... 
