 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 742 str.
...His acquaintance with books was great ; and what he dH not immediately know, he could at least toll a was bound apprentice to Mr. Co] lin.«, passns in which I have not some advantage from his friendship. At this man's table I enjoyed many cheerful... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1844 - 480 str.
...the memory of the great actor, in the concluding passage of his Life of Edmund Smith, the poet : " At this man's table I enjoyed many cheerful and instructive hours, with companions such as are not often found ; with one who has lengthened, and one who has gladdened life ; with Dr. James, whose skill in... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1844 - 590 str.
...to the memory of the great actor, in the concluding passage of his Life of Edmund Smith, the Poet: "At this man's table I enjoyed many cheerful and instructive hours, with companions such as are not often found; with one who has lengthened, and one who has gladdened life; with Dr. James, whose skill in... | |
 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 str.
...equal knowledge. His acquaintance with books was great, and what he did not immediately know, he could, at least, tell where to find. Such was his amplitude...some advantage from his friendship. " At this man's table2 I enjoyed many cheerful and instructive hours, with companions, such as are not often found... | |
 | Thomas Brown, David Welsh - 1846 - 580 str.
...find. Such was the amplitude of his learning, and such his copiousness of communication, that it might be doubted whether a day now passes in which I have not some advantage from his friendship."i It might be expected that my narrative should now become fuller and more interesting... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 str.
...equal knowledge. His acquaintance with books was great, and what he did not immediately know, he could, ld afterwards be unquestionably proved, I should in...that I had supernatural intelligence imparted to me." nun's table I enjoyed many cheerful and instructive hours, with companions such as arc not often found... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1851 - 614 str.
...find. Such was the amplitude of his learning, and such his copiousness of communication, that it might be doubted whether a day now passes in which I have not some advantage from his friendship."1 It might be expected that my narrative should now become fuller and more interesting... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 str.
...equal knowledge. His acquaintance with books was great ; and what he did not immediately know, he could at least tell where to find. Such was his amplitude...instructive hours, with companions such as are not often found ; with one who has lengthened, and one who has gladdened life ; with Dr. James, whose skill in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 484 str.
...equal knowledge. His acquaintance with books was great ; and what he did not immediately know he could at least tell where to find Such was his amplitude...instructive hours, with companions such as are not often found ; with one who has lengthened, and one who has gladdened life ; with l)r. James, whose skill... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1858 - 418 str.
...equal knowledge. His acquaintance with books was great; and what he did not immediately know, he could at least tell where to find. Such was his amplitude...instructive hours, with companions such as are not often found; with one who has lengthened and one who has gladdened life; with t>r. James, whose skill in... | |
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His studies had been so various, that I am not able to name a man of equal knowledge. His acquaintance with books was great; and what he did not immediately know, he could at least tell where to find. 
