 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...philo" fophy confifted in living againft his will in " retirement, and in a place which his tafte " had adorned; but which he only enjoyed " when people of note came to feeandcom" mend it: his correfpondence is about no" thing elfe but this place and his own " writings,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 294 pages
...philofophy confifted in living " againft his will in retirement, and in a *' place which his tafte had adorned; *' but which he only enjoyed when <( people of note came to fee and comt " mend it: his correfpondence is about " nothing elie but this place and his o'.vn " writing?,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...philo" fophy connfted in living againft his will in " retirement, and in a place which his tafte " had adorned ; but which he only enjoyed " when people of note came to fee and com" mend it : his correfpondence is about no" thing elfe but this place and his own "- writings,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...whole philofophy confifted in living againfl his will " in retirement, and in a place which his tafte had " adorned; but which he only enjoyed when people, " of note came to fee and commend it: his corre" fpondence is about nothing elfe but this place and " his own writings,... | |
 | William Shenstone, Esq - 1788 - 216 pages
...whole philofophy" (fays Gray) " confifted in living, againft his will, in a retirement, which his tafte had adorned; but which he only enjoyed when people of note came to fee and commend it." From this charge, however, I can. more eafily vindicate Mr. Shenftone, than I... | |
 | Richard Graves, William Seward - Letters - 1788 - 218 pages
...133 1 fophy" (fays Gray) " confifted in living, againft his willy in a retirement, which his tafte had adorned; but which he only enjoyed when people of note came to fee and commend it." From this charge, however, I can more eafily vindicate Mr. Shenftone, than I can... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...Shenstone's Letters. Poor marif " he was always wishing for money, for fame, and other distinctions; aod " his whole philosophy consisted in living against his...which he only enjoyed when ** people of note came tc see and commend it : his correspondence is about <c nothing else but this place and his own writings,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...from the perusal of his Letters, was this: " I have read too an octavo volume of Shenstone's Letters. Poor man | " he was always wishing for money, for...but which he only enjoyed when " people of note came te see and commend it : his correspondence is about " nothing else but this place and his own writings,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...academy of sciences, and pretty good to read. I have read too an octavo volume of Shenstone's Letters: Poor man! he was always wishing for money, for fame,...enjoyed when people of note came to see and commend it: his correspondence is about nothing else but this place and his own writings, with two or three neighbouring... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 464 pages
...from the perusal of his letters, was this ; " I have read too an octavo volume of Shenstone's letters. Poor man ! he was always wishing for money, for fame,...enjoyed when people of note came to see and commend it ; his correspondence is about nothing else but this place and his own writings, with two or three neighbouring... | |
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I have read too an octavo volume of Shenstone's Letters. Poor man ! he was always wishing for money, for fame, and other distinctions; and his whole philosophy consisted in living against his will in retirement, and in a place which his taste had adorned;... 
