 | 1733 - 136 էջ
...reign engaged " lent we call Humour, and enjoyed it in fuch perfeftion, thit I have often refledted, after a night fpent with him apart from all the world, that I had had the pleafure of converfing with an intimate acquaintance of Terence and Catullus, who had all their wit and nature... | |
 | samuel johnson - 1781 - 258 էջ
...fays Steele, " above all " men in that talent called humour, " and enjoyed it in fuch perfe<ftion, that " I have often reflected, after a night " fpent...had the pleafure of " converting with an intimate acquain" tance of Terence and Catullus, who " had all their -wit and nature, heigh— " tened with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 254 էջ
...fays Steele,. " above all " men in that talent called humour,' " and enjoyed it in fuch- p6rfe*9a<3n, that " I have often reflected, after a night " fpent with him apart from all the " world, that I had hadrthe'pleafure of " converfing with an intimate acquain-' " tanc-e of Terence and Catullus, who "... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 484 էջ
...in, " that talent called humour, and enjoyed " it in fuch perfection, that I have often re" fleeted, after a night fpent with him ** apart from all the world, that I had had " the pleafure of converfing with an inti-r " mate acquaintance of Terence and Catul** lus, who had all their wit and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 254 էջ
...in that talent called humour, " and enjoyed it in fuch perfedtion, that ** I have often refledted, after a night " fpent with him apart from all the " world, that I had had .the pleafure of " converging with an intimate acquain" tance of Terence and Catullus, who " had all their wit and nature,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 258 էջ
...in that talent called humour, f1 and enjoyed it in fuch perfe-ction, that " I have often refle&ed, after a night " fpent with him apart from all the " world, that I had had the pkafure of " converfing with an intimate acquain" tance of Terence and Catullus, who " had all their... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 456 էջ
...and enjoyed " it in fuch- perfection, that I have often re" fleeted, after a night fpent with hirh " apart from all the world, that I had had " the pleafure of converfing with an inti'' mate acquaintance of Terence and Catul" lus, who had all their wit and nature,... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1787 - 264 էջ
...all men in that talent we call Humour, and enjoyed it in fuch perfection that I have often refledted, after a night fpent with him, apart from all the world, that I had had the pleafure of converfing with an intimate acquaintance of Terence and Catullus,, who had all their wit and nature... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 444 էջ
...in that talent called humour, and " enjoyed it in fuch perfection, that I have often re*' flected, after a night fpent with him apart from " all the world, that I had had the pleafure of con" verfmg with an intimate acquaintance of Terence; " and Catullus, who had all their wit and nature,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1797 - 278 էջ
...he was, fays Steele, above a,ll men in that talent called humour, and enjoyed it in fuch perfe&ion, that I have often reflected, after a night fpent with him apart from all the world, that I had the pleafure of converfing with an intimate acquaintance of Terence and Catullus, who had all their... | |
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The time in which he lived had reason to lament his obstinacy of silence, 'for he was,' says Steele, 'above all men in that talent called humour, and enjoyed it in such perfection that I have often reflected, after a night spent with him apart from all... 
