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" He had the peculiar felicity that his attention never deserted him : he was present to every object, and regardful of the most trifling occurrences. He had the art of escaping from his own reflections, and accommodating himself to every new scene. "
Memoirs of the legal, literary, and political life of ... John Philpot Curran - Page 194
by William O'Regan - 1817 - 315 pages
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...who does not think, not of the man whose biography was written, but of the biographer himself? — 'He had the peculiar felicity that his attention never...object, and regardful of the most trifling occurrences ... To this quality is to be imputed the extent of his knowledge, compared with the small time which...
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Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...who does not think, not of the man whose biography was written, but of the biographer himself ? — ' He had the peculiar felicity that his attention never...object, and regardful of the most trifling occurrences ... To this quality is to be imputed the extent of his knowledge, compared with the small time which...
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The Lives of the Most Celebrated English Poets, with Criticisms. Extracted ...

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pages
...have regarded at the present time, but which the quickness of his apprehension impressed upon him. He had the peculiar felicity that his attention never...of the most trifling occurrences. He had the art of escaping from his own reflections, and accommodating himself to every new scene. " " His method of...
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The Poetical Works of Richard Savage: With the Life of the Author

Richard Savage - 1805 - 284 pages
...have regarded at the present time, but which the quickness of his apprehension impressed upon him. He had the peculiar felicity, that his attention never...of the most trifling occurrences. He had the art of escaping from his own reflections, and accommodating himself to every new scene. To this quality is...
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Prior. Congreve. Blackmore. Fenton. Gay. Granville. Yalden. Tickell. Hammond ...

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 464 pages
...have regarded at the present time, but which the quickness of his apprehension impressed upon him. He had the peculiar felicity that his attention never...of the most trifling occurrences. He had the art of escaping from his own reflections, and accommodating himself to every new scene. To this quality is...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 10

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 422 pages
...regarded at the present sent time, but which the quickness of his apprehen- J sion impressed upon him. He had the peculiar felicity that his attention never...of the most trifling occurrences. He had the art of escaping from his own reflections, and accommodating himself to every new scene. To this quality is...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 11

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 562 pages
...<jutckneOT of his apprehension impressed upon him. He had the peculiar felicity that his attention. ne\er deserted him; he was present to every object, and regardful of the most tritiing occurrences. He had the art of escaping from his own reflections, and accommodating himself...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: Lansdowne, Yalden ...

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 560 pages
...his apprehension impressed upon him. He liad (he peculiar felicity that his attention never descried him ; he was present to every object, and regardful of the most trilling occurrences. He had the art of escaping from Ьь own reflections, and accommodating himself...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes, Volume 10

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 378 pages
...have regarded at the present time, but which the quickness of his apprehension impressed upon him. He had the peculiar felicity that his attention never...of the most trifling occurrences. He had the art of escaping from his own reflections, and accommodating himself to every new scene. To this quality is...
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Works, Volume 10

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 380 pages
...have regarded at the present time, but which the quickness of his apprehension impressed upon him. He had the peculiar felicity that his attention never...of the most trifling occurrences. He had the art of escaping from his own reflections, and accommodating himself to every new scene. To this quality is...
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