Mr. Mickle, the translator of " The Lusiad," and I, went to visit him at this place a few days afterwards. He was not at home ; but having a curiosity to see his apartment, we went in, and found curious scraps of descriptions of animals, scrawled upon... London and Middlesex, Or, An Historical, Commercial, & Descriptive Survey of ... - Pągina 683per Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1816Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Washington Irving - 1851 - 402 pągines
...translator of the Lusiad. Goldsmith was not at home. Having a curiosity to see his apartment, however, they went in, and found curious scraps of descriptions of animals scrawled upon the wall with a black lead pencil. The farm-house in question is still in existence, though much altered.... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 674 pągines
...went to visit him at this place a few days afterward. He was not at home ; but, having a curiosity to see his apartment, we went in, and found curious scraps of descriptions of animal- scrawled upon the wall with a blacklead pencil." The farm-house in question is still in existence,... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 pągines
...went to visit him at this place a few days afterwards. He was not at home ; but having a curiosity to see his apartment, we went in, and found curious scraps of description of animals scrawled upon the wall with a blacklead pencil."— BOSWKLL. running from a... | |
| John Forster - 1854 - 578 pągines
...Lusiad, and author of the ballad of Cumnor Hall* " Goldsmith was not at home ; but having " a curiosity to see his apartment we went in, and found " curious...scraps of descriptions of animals, scrawled upon " the wall with a black-lead pencil." Seeing these, Boswell no doubt would remind his friend of what he had... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 614 pągines
...of the Lusiiid. Goldsmith was not at home. Having a curiosity to ьее his apartment, however, they went in, and found curious scraps of descriptions of animals scrawled upon the wall with a black lead pencil. The farm-house in question is still in existence, though much altered.... | |
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1856 - 596 pągines
...see him at his country lodging in April, 1772. He was not at home, but they entered his apartment, and found curious scraps of descriptions of animals scrawled upon the walls with a black-lead pencil. Buffon was his principal store-house for facts, and much of the work is an avowed translation... | |
| Richard Cumberland - 1856 - 414 pągines
...this place, a few days afterwards. He was not at home ; but having a curiosity to see his apartments, we went in, and found curious scraps of descriptions of animals, scrawled upon the wall with a black lead pencil.' — Life of Johnson, vol. ii. p. 186. ' Goldsmith,5 said Johnson, '... | |
| Richard Cumberland - 1856 - 424 pągines
...this place, a few days afterwards. He was not at home ; but having a curiosity to see his apartments, we went in, and found curious scraps of descriptions of animals, scrawled upon the wall with a black lead pencil.' — Life of Johnson, vol. ii. p. 186. 'Goldsmith,' said Johnson, 'was... | |
| Washington Irving - 1858 - 336 pągines
...went to visit him at this place a few days afterward. He was not at home ; but, having a curiosity to see his apartment, we went in, and found curious...scraps of descriptions of animals scrawled upon the wall with a black-lead pencil." The farmhouse in question is still in existence, though much altered.... | |
| James Boswell - 1860 - 960 pągines
...went to visit him at this place a few days afterwards. He was not at home ; but, having a curiosity to see his apartment, we went in, and found curious...scraps of descriptions of animals, scrawled upon the wall witli a black-lead pencil. The subject of ghosts being introduced, Johnson repeated what he had... | |
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