 He then burst into such a fit of laughter, that he appeared to be almost in a convulsion ; and, in order to support himself, laid hold of one of the posts at the side of the foot pavement, and sent forth peals so loud, that in the silence of the night...  Dr. Johnson, His Friends and His Critics - Page 262by George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1878 - 345 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jane Mallison - 2007 - 315 pages
...try a verbal miniature of May 1773 where Boswell describes Johnson breaking into laughter, where he "sent forth peals so loud, that in the silence of the night his voice seemed to resound from Temple-bar to Fleet-ditch." Unsurprisingly, the best scenes are those where Boswell directly observes... | |
 | James Boswell - 2008 - 1024 pages
...could not stop his merriment, but continued it all the way till we got without the Temple-gate. He then burst into such a fit of laughter, that he appeared...silence of the night his voice seemed to resound from Temple-bar to Fleet-ditch. This most ludicrous exhibition of the awful, melancholy, and venerable Johnson,... | |
 | Jim Holt - 2008 - 160 pages
...things, an absurd clause in a friend's will (about which, unhappily, we know nothing else): "He then burst into such a fit of laughter, that he appeared...himself, laid hold of one of the posts at the side of the foot pavement, and sent forth peals so loud, that in the silence of the night his voice seemed to resound... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1869 - 1106 pages
...could not stop his merriment, but continued it all the way till he got without the Temple-gate ; then burst into such a fit of laughter that he appeared...silence of the night, his voice seemed to resound from Templebar to Fleet-ditch ! " Lastly comes his solid-thinking, solidfeeding Thrale, the well-beloved... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1923 - 772 pages
...pleasantry with Chambers the lawyer, and, unable to get over his merriment, on the way home with Boswell he laid hold of one of the posts at the side of the foot-pavement...voice seemed to resound from Temple Bar to Fleet Ditch (L. ii. 262). A gentleman was pleading for the future life of brutes, and said ' But really, Sir, when... | |
 | 1915 - 466 pages
...not stop his merriment, but continued it all the way until he got without the Temple-gate. He then burst into such a fit of laughter that he appeared...himself, laid hold of one of the posts at the side of the foot pavement, and sent forth peals so loud, that in the silence of the night his voice seemed to resound... | |
 | 1921 - 906 pages
...formed to savor. All the more does one revel in his account of what led up to the moment when Johnson "to support himself, laid hold of one of the posts at the side of the foot pavement, and sent forth peals so loud that in the silence of the night his voice seemed to resound... | |
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