 He has a small furnace, which he employs in distillation, and which has long been the solace of his life. He draws oils and waters, and essences and spirits, which he knows to be of no use; sits and counts the drops as they come from his retort, and forgets...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 120by Samuel Johnson - 1801Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...his life. He draws oils and waters, and essences and spirits, which he knows to be of no use ; sits and counts the drops as they come from his retort, and forgets that, whilst a drop is fulling, a moment flies away. Poor Sober ! I have often teased him with reproof, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...his life. He draws oils and waters, and essences and spirits, which he knows to be of no use; sits and counts the drops as they come from his retort, and forgets thut, whilst a drop is falling, a moment flies away. Poor Sober ! I have often teased him with reproof,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 484 pages
...his life. He draws oils and waters, and essences and spirits, which he knows to be of no use ; sits and counts the drops as they come from his retort, and forgets that, whilst a drop is falling, a moment flies away. Poor Sober! I have often teized him with reproof, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 430 pages
...his life. He draws oils and waters, and essences and spirits, which he knows to be of no use ; sits and counts the drops as they come from his retort, and forgets that, whilst a drop is falling, a moment flies away. Poor Sober! I have often teazed him with reproof, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 428 pages
...his life. He draws oils and waters, and essences and spirits, which he knows to be of no use ; sits and counts the drops as they come from his retort, and forgets that, whilst a drop is falling, a moment flies away. Poor Sober! I have often teazed him with reproof, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 582 pages
...his life. He draws oils and waters, and essences and spirits, which he knows to be of no use ; sits and counts the drops as they come from his retort, and forgets that, whilst a drop is falling, a moment flies away. Poor Sober ! I have often teized him with reproof, and... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 690 pages
...his life. He draws oils and waters, and essences and spirits, which he knows to be of no use ; sits and counts the drops as they come from his retort, and forgets that, whilst a drop is falling, a moment flies away. Poor Sober ! I have often teased him with reproof, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 702 pages
...his life. He draws oils and waters, and essences and spirits, which he knows to be of no use ; sits and counts the drops as they come from his retort, and forgets that, whilst a drop is falling, a moment flies away. Poor Sober ! I have often teased him with reproof, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 630 pages
...of his life. He draws oils and waters and essences and spirits, which he knows to be of no use, sits ain or pleasure impress upon them. Of memory, which makes so large whilst a drop is falling, a moment flies away. Poor Sober ! I have often teased him with reproof, and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 460 pages
...his life. He draws oils, and waters, and essences, and spirits, which he knows to be of no use; sits and counts the drops as they come from his retort; and forgets that whilst a drop is falling, a moment flies away. " Poor Sober! I have often teazed him with reproof,... | |
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