 | Tobias Smollett - 1775 - 552 страници
...'. We were now to examine our lodging. Out of one of the beds, on which we were 10 repofe, ftarted up, at our entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge. Other circumftances of no elegant recital concurred to difguft us. We had been frighted by a lady at... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1775 - 400 страници
...• We were now to examine our lodging. Out of one of the beds, on which we were to repofe, ftarted up, at our entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge. Other circumftances of no elegant recital concurred to difguft us. We had been frighted by a lady at... | |
 | James Boswell - 1786 - 552 страници
...presented to Dr. Johnson and me. The Doctor, in his 'Journey, compares him to a Cyclops. BOSWELL. ' Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose,...entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge.' Works, ix. 44. Johnson wrote to Mrs. Thrale : — ' When we were taken up stairs, a dirty fellow bounced... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 страници
...neceflities. We were now to examine our lodging. Out of one of the beds, on which we were to repofe, ftarted up, at our entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge. Other circumftances of no elegant recital concurred to difguft us. We had been frighted by a lady at... | |
 | John Knox - 1787 - 566 страници
...neceffities. " We were now to examine our lodging. Out of one of the beds on which we were to repofe, ftarted up, at our entrance, a man, black as a Cyclops from the forge. Other circumftancesof no elegant recital concurred to difguft us. We had -been fouth entrance of the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 302 страници
...bread, no eggs, no wine. We fKd not express much satisfaction, Hefe, We were now to examine our lodging. Out of one of the beds, on which we were to repose,...up at our entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from tlie forge. Other circumstances of no elegant recital concurred to disgust |is. We had been irighted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 432 страници
...nece.fiities. We were now to examine our lodging. Out of pne of the beds, on which we were to repofe, ftarted up> at our entrance, a man black" as a Cyclops from the the forge. Other circumftances of no elegant recital concurred to difguft. us. We had been frighted... | |
 | 1831 - 652 страници
...his letters, « a dirty fellow bounced out of the ' bed on which one of us was to lie.' This incident is recorded in the Journey as follows : — ' Out...very unjustly, • has not wit ' enough to keep it sweet ;' then, after a pause, ' it has not vital' ity enough to preserve it from putrefaction.' Mannerism... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 360 страници
...and who could be recommended to him only by their necessities. We were now to examine our lodging. Out of one of the beds, on which we were to repose,...entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge. Other circumstances of no elegant recital concurred to disgust us. We had been frighted by a lady at... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 378 страници
...and who could be recommended to him only by their necessities. We were now to examine our lodging. Out of one of the beds, on which we were to repose,...entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge. Other circumstances of no elegant recital concurred to disgust ns. We had been frighted by a lady at... | |
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When we were taken up stairs," says he in one of his letters, "a dirty fellow bounced out of the bed on which one of us was to lie." This incident is recorded in the Journey as follows : "Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose, started up,... 
