 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...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 - 274 pages
...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 - 514 pages
...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 - 362 pages
...; " 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 - 356 pages
...; " 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 - 364 pages
...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 - 352 pages
...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 - 346 pages
...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 - 384 pages
...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 - 664 pages
...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... 
