 I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of Romance might have delighted to feign. I had indeed no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude.  The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal - Page 60edited by - 1775Full view - About this book
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1775 - 552 pages
...other place. The requeft was reafonable and the argument cogent. We therefore willingly difmounted and diverted ourfelves as the place gave us opportunity....romance might have delighted to feign I had indeed no trees to whifperover my head, but a clear rivulet ftreamed at my feet. The day was calm, the atr-ibft,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Authors, English - 1775 - 400 pages
...other place. The requeft was '#&'• fonable and the argument cogent. We therefore willingly difmounted and diverted ourfelves as the place gave us opportunity....Romance might have delighted to feign. I had indeed no trees to whifper over my head, but a clear rivulet ftreamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air foft,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Authors, English - 1785 - 400 pages
...was reafonable and the argument cogent. We ' therefore willingly difmounted and diverted ourfelvea as the place gave us opportunity. I fat down on a...Romance might have delighted to feign. I had indeed no trees to whifper over my head, but a clear rivulet ftreamed at my feet, The day was calm, the air foft,... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides - 1785 - 548 pages
...foon after came to • Dr. Johnfon, in his 'Journey, thus beautifully defcribes his Gtuation here:—" I fat down on a bank, fuch as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign. I had, indeed, no trees lo whifper over my head ; but a clear rivulet ftreamed at to Auchnafheal, a kind of rural village,... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1786 - 552 pages
...Johnson, in his Journey, thus beautifully describes his situation here : — ' I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign. I had, indeed, no trees to whisper over my head ; but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides - 1786 - 478 pages
...preparing it with fuch * Dr. johnfon, in his Journey, thus beautifully defcribes his fituation here : '<I fat down on a bank, fuch as a writer of romance might nave delighted to feign. I had, indeed, no trees to whifper over my head ; hut a clear rivulet ftreamed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 pages
...other place. The requeft was reafonable, and the argument cogent. We therefore willingly difmounted and diverted ourfelves as the place gave us opportunity....romance might have delighted to feign. I had indeed no trees to whifper over my head, but a clear rivulet ftreamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air foft,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 550 pages
...difmounted and diverted ourfelves as the place gave us opportunity. I fat WESTERN ISLANDS, &c. 361 I (at down on a bank, fuch as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign. I had indeed no trees to whifper over my head, but a clear rivulet ftreamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air foft,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Authors, English - 1791 - 458 pages
...cogent. W6 therefore willingly difmounted and diverted ourfelves as the place gave us oppor-* tunity. 4 I fat down on a bank, fuch as a writer of Romance might have delighted to feign. I had indeed no trees to whifper over my head, but a clear rivulet ftreamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air foft,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Authors, English - 1800 - 302 pages
...willingly dismounted and diverted ourselves as the place gave us opportunity* I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of Romance might have delighted to feign* I had indeed no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft,... | |
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