 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
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 402 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,... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1836 - 656 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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 334 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 while a drop is falling a moment flies away. THOUGHTS ON SLEEP. AMONG the innumerable mortifications... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 544 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,... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 546 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,... | |
 | James Boswell, Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 490 pages
...information, discernment, and conviviality; and was to have a 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.' Mrs. Piozzi says (Anec. p. 236) : — ' We made up a... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 492 pages
...information, discernment, and conviviality; and was to have a 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.' Mrs. Piozzi says (Anec. p. 236) : — ' We made up a... | |
 | Johnson Club (London, England) - 1920 - 248 pages
...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 that whilst a drop is falling a moment flies away. Poor Sober, I have often teased him with reproof, and... | |
 | Johnson Club (London, England) - 1920 - 246 pages
...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 that whilst a drop is falling a moment flies away. Poor Sober, I have 161 L often teased him with reproof,... | |
 | Gwendolen Murphy - 1925 - 496 pages
...furnace, which he employs in distillation, and which has long been the solace of his life. . . . [He] sits and counts the drops as they come from his retort, and forgets that, while a drop is falling, a moment flies away.' The Peevish THE Irascibility of this Ckss of Tyrants,... | |
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