 | James Boswell - 1791 - 564 pages
...grow there ; but the elegant * See his Epitaph in Weftminfter Abbey, written by Dr. Johnfon. fhrubbery and the fragrant parterre appeared in gay fucceffion....circulated and believed that he was a mere fool in converfation6; but, in truth, this has been greatly exaggerated. He had, no doubt, a more than common... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 556 pages
...Wcftminfter Abbey, written by Dr. Johnfon. fhrubbery and the fragrant parterre appeared in gay fucceflion. It has been ^^~!~' generally circulated and believed...he was a mere fool in converfation'; but, in truth, thisjias been greatly exaggerated. He had, no doubt, a more than common fhare of that hurry of ideas... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 554 pages
...Dr. Johnfon. THE LIFE OF DR. JOHNSON. fhrubbery and the fragrant parterre appeared in gay fuccefllon. It has been generally circulated and believed that he was a mere .fool in converfation6; but, in truth, this has been greatly exaggerated. He had, no doubt, a more than common... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...did not grow there; but the elegant shrubbery and the fragrant parterre appeared in gay succession. It has been generally circulated and believed that he was a mere fool in conversation ; 5 but, in truth, this has been greatly exaggerated. He had, no doubt, * [He had also... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...did not grow there ; but the elegant shrubbery and the fragrant parterre appeared in gay succession. It has been generally circulated and believed that he was a mere fool in conversation' ; but, in truth, this has been greatly ' Dr. Warton wrote to his brother on Jan. 22,... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...did not grow there ; but the elegant shrubbery and the fragrant parterre appeared in gay succession. It has been generally circulated and believed that he was a mere fool in conversation' ; but, in truth, this has been greatly 1 Dr. Warton wrote to his brother on Jan. 22,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 366 pages
...the foreft di<t not grow there; but the elegant fhrubbeiy, and the fragrant parterre appeared in ga\\ fucceffion. It has been generally circulated^ and believed, that he was a mere fool in c&nverfation. / In allufion to this, Mr. Horace OkVikpole d) ? who admired his writings, laid, \he_,V«s... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...not grow there ; but the elegant shrubbery, and the fragrant parterre, appeared in gay succession. It has been generally circulated and believed, that he was a mere fool in conversation ; but, in truth, this has been greatly exaggerated. He had, no doubt, a more than common... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1805 - 264 pages
...not grow there ; but the elegant shrubbery, and the fragrant parterre, appeared in gay succession. It has been generally circulated, and believed, that he was a mere fool in conversation. In allusion to this, Mr. Horatio Walpole, who admired his writings, said, he was ' an... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
...succes54. sion. It has been generally circulated and believed that he was a mere fool in conversation ;* but, in truth, this has been greatly exaggerated. He had, no doubt, a more than common share of that hurry of ideas which we often find in his countrymen, and which sometimes produces a... | |
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There was a quick, but not a strong vegetation, of whatever chanced to be thrown upon it. No deep root could be struck. The oak of the forest did not grow there ; but the elegant shrubbery and the fragrant parterre appeared in gay succession. It has been... 
