| James Boswell - 1791 - 556 pages
...terms on which he was engaged to write, and thinking I was doing him good. I hoped his wits would foon return to him.. Mine returned to me, and I wrote in ' The. Vifitor' no longer. 1 Johnfon certainly did, who had a mind ftored with knowledge, and teeming with... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 508 pages
...' The Universal Visitor,' for poor Smart, while he was mad, not then knowing the terms -on which he w^as engaged to write, and thinking I was doing him...and I wrote in ' The Universal Visitor' no longer. Friday, April 7, I dined with him at a Tavern, with a numerous company. JOHNSON. " I have beea reading... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 526 pages
...' The Universal Visitor,' for poor Smart, while he was mad, not then knowing the terms on which he was engaged to write, and thinking I was doing him...and I wrote in ' The Universal Visitor' no longer." Friday, April 7, I dined with him at a Tavern, with a numerous company. JOHNSON. " I have been reading... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1810 - 524 pages
...while he was mad, not then knowing the terms on which he was engaged to write, and thinking I was doing good. I hoped his wits would soon return to him. Mine...and I wrote in ' The Universal Visitor" no longer." » 12. THE TEST, a political paper, written by Arthur Murphy, Esq. in the year 1756. This collection... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 pages
...period. Johnson, however, wrote a few papers for our poet ; " not then," he added," knowing the terras on which Smart was engaged to write, and thinking...and I wrote in the Universal Visitor no longer." The pub. lication ceased in about two years from its commencement. Smart's madness, according to Dr. Johnson's... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 pages
...added," knowing the terms on which Smart was engaged to write, and thinking I was doing him good. 1 hoped his wits would soon return to him. Mine returned...and I wrote in the Universal Visitor no longer." The pub. lication ceased in about two years from its commencement. Smart's madness, according to Dr. Johnson's... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 522 pages
...period. Johnson, however, wrote a few papers for our poet, " not then," he added, " knowing the terms an which Smart was engaged to write, and thinking I was...according to Dr. Johnson's account, discovered itself chiefly in unnecessary deviations from the usual modes of the world, in things that are not improper... | |
| James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...' The Universal Visitor,' for poor Smart, while he was mad, not then knowing the terms on which he was engaged to write, and thinking I was doing him...and I wrote in the ' Universal Visitor' no longer, Friday, April 7, I dined with him at a Tavern, with a numerous company. Johnson. I have been reading... | |
| James Boswell - 1820 - 382 pages
...in the Universal Visitor, for poor Smart, while he was mad; not then knowing the terms on which he Was engaged to write, and thinking I was doing him...me, and I wrote in the Universal Visitor no longer." Johnson nobly said, when Boswell talked to him of the feeble, though shrill outcry, that had been raised... | |
| James Boswell - 1820 - 442 pages
...Unis versal Visitor,' for poor Smart, while he was mad, not then knowing the terms on which he «as engaged to write, and thinking I was doing him good....and I wrote in the ' Universal Visitor' no longer. Friday, April 7, I dined with him at a Tavern, with a eumerons company. Johnson. I have been reading... | |
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