 | Philip Bracebridge Homer - 1804 - 230 pages
...calm, the air was soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether! spent the hourwell I know not ; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration."... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1806 - 360 pages
...calm, the air was soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not ; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration.... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1807 - 496 pages
...was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well, I know not ; for here T first conceived the thought of this... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 520 pages
...calm, the air was soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not ; for here I first conceived the thoughts of this... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 524 pages
...calm, the air was soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not ; for here I first conceived the thoughts of this... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1809 - 530 pages
...calm, the air was soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not ; for here I first conceived the thoughts of this... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - Great Britain - 1809 - 378 pages
...was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me,- and on cither side were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not ; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 424 pages
...calm, the air was soft, and all was rudeness, silence and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration.... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1810 - 438 pages
...was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well, I know not, for here I first conceived the thought of this iiarra.ion."... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pages
...calm, the air was soft, and all was rudeness, silence and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not ; for here I first conceived th« thought of this... | |
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Before me, and on either side, were high hills, which by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not ; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration. 
