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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,... "
A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland - Seite 66
von Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 288 Seiten
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THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D

JAMES BOSWELL - 1892
...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...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L. D.: Together with a Journal of a ..., Band 3

James Boswell - 1900 - 556 Seiten
...thought of in the year 1715, when there was a line in a song, "And aw the brave M'Craas are coming."* well, I know not ; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration. " The Critical Reviewers, with a spirit and expression worthy of the subject, say, — "We congratulate...
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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland in 1773

Samuel Johnson - 1906 - 270 Seiten
...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...
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Essays and Addresses

Richard Claverhouse Jebb - 1907 - 668 Seiten
...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." — Remark here, in passing, the notes of the eighteenth century ; first, the reference of nature to...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson ...: Together with a Journal of a Tour to ..., Band 3

James Boswell - 1910 - 542 Seiten
...thought of in the year 1715, when there was a line in a song, " And aw the brave M'Craas are coming." • well, I know not ; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration." The Critical Reviewers, with a spirit and expression worthy of the subject, say, — "We congratulate...
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Oxford Historical and Literary Studies, Band 4

Charles Harding Firth, Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh - 1915 - 228 Seiten
...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.' But his most eloquent passage, perhaps the bestknown prose sentence of any writer in the English language,...
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A Bibliography of Samuel Johnson

William Prideaux Courtney - 1915 - 206 Seiten
...which by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether 1 spent the hour well I know not ; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration.' But his most eloquent passage, perhaps the bestknown prose sentence of any writer in the English language,...
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The London Mercury, Band 3

Sir John Collings Squire - 1921 - 742 Seiten
...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,...here I first conceived the thought of this narration. The mountains, which inspired him as a rule with no images except those of want and danger, had caught...
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The Portrait of a Scholar and Other Essays Written in Macedonia 1916-1918

Robert William Chapman - 1920 - 166 Seiten
...streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. . . . Whether I spent the hour well I know not ; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration. Another placid interval occurred at Inch Kenneth, when they sailed among the islands at night : The...
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Contemporary Criticisms of Dr. Samuel Johnson, His Works, and His Biographers

John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 436 Seiten
...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...
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