 | Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 562 pages
...in the country, he chose for his regular reading the old Spanish romance of Felixmarte of Hircania, in folio, which he read quite through. Yet I have...which prevented his ever fixing in any profession' (Life 1. 49). He read also Don Bellianis and II Palmerino d' Inghelterra (Life 3. 2). Addison has a... | |
 | Grolier Club - 1909 - 130 pages
...fond of reading romances of chivalry, a fondness which he retained through life, attributing partly " to these extravagant fictions that unsettled turn...which prevented his ever fixing in any profession." 25 Two Satires. By Samuel Johnson, AM [Printer's ornament] Oxford, At the Clarendon Printing House,... | |
 | charles grosvenor osgood - 1917 - 606 pages
...unsettled turn of mind which prevented his ever fixing in any profession.' 1725: JETAT. 16.—AFTEB having resided for some time at the house of his uncle,...school of Stourbridge, in Worcestershire, of which Mr. Wentworth was then master. This step was taken by the advice of his cousin, the Reverend Mr. Ford,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1917 - 612 pages
...in the country, he chose for his regular reading the old Spanish romance of Felixmarte of Hircania, in folio, which he read quite through. Yet I have...that unsettled turn of mind which prevented his ever fixirg in any profession.' 1725: JETA.T. 16. — AFTER having resided for some time at the house of... | |
 | CHARLES H. SYLVESTER CHROUGH BOOKLAND - 1922 - 530 pages
...in the country, he chose for his regular reading the old Spanish romance of Felixmarte of Hircania, in folio, which he read quite through. Yet I have...school of Stourbridge, in Worcestershire, of which Mr. Wentworth was then master. This step was taken by the advice of his cousin, the Rev. Mr. Ford, a man... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1922 - 530 pages
...in the country, he chose for his regular reading the old Spanish romance of Felixmarte of Hircania, in folio, which he read quite through. Yet I have...school of Stourbridge, in Worcestershire, of which Mr. Wentworth was then master. This step was taken by the advice of his cousin, the Rev. Mr. Ford, a man... | |
 | James Boswell - 1923 - 372 pages
...superiority, you lay the foundation of lasting mischief; you make brothers and sisters hate each other." After having resided for some time at the house of...school of Stourbridge, in Worcestershire, of which Mr. Wentworth was then master. This step was taken by the advice of his cousin, the Rev. Mr. Ford, a man... | |
 | Percy Hazen Houston - 1923 - 346 pages
...in the country, he chose for his regular reading the old Spanish romance of Felixmarte of Hircania, in folio, which he read quite through. Yet I have...which prevented his ever fixing in any profession." 1 This last sentence, so interesting in throwing light on our author's character, gives us the key... | |
 | George William McClelland - 1925 - 1178 pages
...in the country, he chose for his regular reading the old Spanish romance of FELEXMARTE OF HIRCANIA, Oh, no, she is chaste, And for she thinks me wanton,...along, and by that try Whether she know me. Jane. Sir 1725.—After having resided for some time at the house of his uncle, 1 Cornelius Ford, Johnson was,... | |
 | George William McClelland - 1925 - 1180 pages
...chose for his regular reading the old Spanish romance of FELDCMAKTE OF HIKCANIA, in folio, which be h, profcsnon." 1725. — After having resided for some time at the house of his uncle,1 Cornelius Ford,... | |
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... when a boy he was immoderately fond of reading romances of chivalry, and he retained his fondness for them through life; so that [adds his Lordship] spending part of a summer at my parsonage-house in the country, he chose for his regular reading the... 
