 The day was 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...  The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, L. L. D. - Seite 121von James Boswell - 1810 - 414 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Tobias Smollett - 1775 - 552 Seiten
...willingly difmounted and diverted ourfelves as the place gave us opportunity. ' I fat down on a bank, fuch as a writer of 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, and all... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1775 - 280 Seiten
...wiliingly difinounted and diverted ourfelves as the place gave us opportunity. 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 Toft, and... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1775 - 664 Seiten
...diftnounted; and diverted ourfelves as the place gave us opportunity. • I fat down on a bank, fuch as a writer of Romance might have delighted to feign. I had indeed no iru .. to.whifper over my head, but a clear rivulet itreamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air... | |
 | James Boswell - 1785 - 548 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 Seiten
...willingly difmounted and diverted ourfelves as the place gave us opportunity. 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, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 550 Seiten
...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, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 302 Seiten
...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...feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudenesSj silence* and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hilis, which, by hindering... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 424 Seiten
...willingly difmount. ed, and diverted ourfelves as the place gave us opportunity. 1 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 was foft,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 432 Seiten
...diverted ourfelves as the place gave us op^ portunity. -...•.- ,...,,vi I fit 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 was foft,... | |
 | 1802 - 510 Seiten
...WRITTEN UPON READING THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES OF JOHNSON^ JOURNEY ; — " I fat down on a bank, fuch at 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,... | |
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