 | 1794 - 518 trang
...survey the innumerable little alleys and courts. It is not iri the shewy evolutions of building.), but in the multiplicity of human habitations which are crowded together, that the immensity of London consists. I have often amused myself with thinking how different a place London... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1798 - 464 trang
...ftreets and fquares, but muft furvey the innumerable little lanes and courts. It is pot in the fhowy evolutions of buildings, but in the multiplicity of human habitations which are erouded together, that the wonderful imjnenlity of London confifls i * (ECONOMY. ON the fubject of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 trang
...ago seen white-robed innocence, and flower-bespangled meads' Talking of London, he observed, ' Sir, if you wish to have a just notion of the magnitude...in the multiplicity of human habitations which are crouded together, that the wonderful immensity of London consists.' — I have often amused myself... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 trang
...diction-' too is not his own. We have long ago seen -white-robed mnocence, and flower-befpangled meads" to have a just notion of the magnitude of this city,...in the multiplicity of human habitations which are crouded together, that the wonderful immensity of London consists." — I have often amused myself... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 trang
...the obscurity, insipidity, and uniformity of remote situations. At another time he observed, " Sir, if you wish to have a just notion of the magnitude...that the wonderful immensity of London consists*." * " I have often (says Mr. I^oswell) amused myself with thinking how different a place London is to... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 trang
...ago seen white-robed innocence, and flower-bespangled meads." Talking of London, he observed, " Sir, if you wish to have a just notion of the magnitude...crowded together, that the wonderful immensity of London consists."—I have often amused myself with thinking how different a place London is to different... | |
 | 1812 - 594 trang
...satisfied with seeing its great streets and squares, but must survey the innumerable little allies and courts. It is not in the showy evolutions of buildings,...human habitations which are crowded together, that the immensity of London consists. I have often amused myself with thinking now different a place London... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 trang
...ago seen white-robed innocence and ßotcer-bespangled meads." Talking of London, he observed, "Sir, if you wish to have a just ' notion of the magnitude...that the wonderful immensity of London consists." — On Wednesday, the 6th of July, he was engaged to sup with me at my lodgings in Downing-street,... | |
 | John Selden - 1818 - 678 trang
...the obscurity, insipidity, and uniformity of remote situations. At another time he observed, t( Sir, if you wish to have a just notion of the magnitude...that the wonderful immensity of London consists*." * " I have often (says Mr. Boswell) amused myself with thinking how different a place London is to... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 382 trang
...LONDON. OF London, Johnson observed, " Sir, if you wish to have a just notion of the magnitude of the city, you must not be satisfied with seeing its great...that the wonderful immensity of London consists." " I have often amused myself," adds Boswell, " with thinking how different a place London is to different... | |
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Sir, if you wish to have a just notion of the magnitude of this city, you must not be satisfied with seeing its great streets and squares, but must survey the innumerable little lanes and courts. It is not in the showy evolutions of buildings, but in... 
