...silk mill, ii. 428. London, Johnson reasons on the immensity of, i. 345 ; happiness of life in, 474 ; when a man is tired of London he is tired of life, ii. 440 ; the advantage of living in, iii. 86 ; the poor in, 105. a poem of Johnson's, i. 83, 89 ;...

...the kingdom. — Life. September 30, 1769. Life in When a man is tired of London, he is tired London of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford. — Life. September 20, 1777. Love in A man in London is in less danger of n on falling in love indiscreetly...

...difficulty to a friend who mentioned Douglas's going to the Holy Land with a numerous train of followers.1 Douglas could, no doubt, maintain followers enough...London I might desert the seat of my ancestors, I assured him that I had old feudal principles to a degree of enthusiasm ; and that I folt all the dulcedo...

...the most brilliant men of a brilliant period. Can we now wonder at his confession of faith, that " when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life...for there is in London all that life can afford/' A"o/t omnia possuruus omnes, as Partridge confessed on an embarrassing occasion, and if Johnson ridiculed...

...to reside in London, the 1 See post, April 7, 1778. VOL. III. N exquisite The Laird of Auchinleck. exquisite zest with which I relished it in occasional...London I might desert the seat of my ancestors, I assured him, that I had old feudal principles to a degree of enthusiasm ; and that I felt all the dnlcedo...

...reside in London, the ' Seefosf, April 7, 1778. VOL. III. N exquisite 178 The Laird of A1ichinleck. exquisite zest with which I relished it in occasional...London I might desert the seat of my ancestors, I assured him, that I had old feudal principles to a degree of enthusiasm ; and that I felt all. the...

...with which I relished it on occasional visits might go off, and I might grow tired of it. JOHKSON : " Why, sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who...for there is in London all that life can afford." We walked in the evening in Greenwich (grin' V) Park. He asked me, I suppose by way of trying my disposition,...

...antennae nearly touch Dulwich and Balham. " When a man is tired of London," said Dr. Johnson to Boswell, "he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford." Charles Lamb used to shed tears in the motley and crowded Strand from fulness of joy at the sight of...

...were to reside in London, the exquisite zest with which I relished it in occasional visits might grow off, and I might grow tired of it. JOHNSON. " Why,...London I might desert the seat of my ancestors, I assured him, that I had old feudal principles to a degree of enthusiasm ; and that I felt all the d1tlcedo...

...difficulty to a friend who mentioned Douglas's going to the Holy Land with a numerous train of followers.1 Douglas could, no doubt maintain followers enough...London I might desert the seat of my ancestors, I assured him that I had old feudal principles to a degree of enthusiasm ; and that I felt all the dulcedo...