 | 1900 - 674 страници
...has spread over me," he says in April, 1764, "so that I know not what has become of the last years, and perceive that incidents and intelligence pass over me without leaving any impression." It seems, however, that he was still frequently in difficulties. Letters are preserved showing that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1902 - 130 страници
...to wine and meat." And on the following day he added : " A kind of strange oblivion has overpowered me, so that I know not what has become of the last...This is not the life to which Heaven is promised. ' ' Boswell attributes the increased indolence out of which this distress came in part to the independence... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1902 - 724 страници
...has spread over me," he says in April, 1764, "so that I know not what has become of the last years, and perceive that incidents and intelligence pass over me without leaving any impression." It seems, however, that he was still frequently in difficulties. Letters are preserved showing that... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 146 страници
...self-reproaches. " My indolence," he wrote on Easter eve in 1 764, " has sunk into grosser 30 sluggishness. A kind of strange oblivion has overspread me, so that I know not what has become of the last year." Easter 1765 came, and found him still in the same state. " My time," he wrote, " has been unprofitably... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 294 страници
...self-reproaches. "My indolence," he wrote on Easter Eve in 1764, "has sunk into grosser sluggishness. A kind of strange oblivion has overspread me, so that I know not what 5 has become of the last year." Easter, 1765, came, and found him still in the same state. "My time,"... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 136 страници
...Easter eve in 1764, "has sunk into grosser sluggishness. A kind of strange oblivion has over- 10 spread me, so that I know not what has become of the last year." Easter 1765 came, and found him still in the same state. " My time," he wrote, " has been unprofitably... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1904 - 136 страници
...Easter eve in 1764, "has sunk into grosser sluggishness. A kind of strange oblivion has over- 10 spread me, so that I know not what has become of the last year." Easter 1765 came, and found him still in the same state. " My time," he wrote, " has been unprofitably... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 152 страници
...Easter eve in 1764, "has sunk into grosser sluggishness. A kind of strange oblivion has over- 10 spread me, so that I know not what has become of the last year." Easter 1765 came, and found him still in the same state. " My time," he wrote, " has been unprofitably... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 1590 страници
...with sensuality ; and, except that from the beginning of this year I have, in some measure, forborne ick, who 1 I fully intended to have followed a He then solemnly says, ' This is not the life to which heaven is promised 2 ; ' and he earnestly resolves... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1904 - 336 страници
...clouded with sensuality, and, except that from the beginning of this year I have in some measure forborne excess of strong drink, my appetites have predominated...that I know not what has become of the last year," etc. This earthiness, these frailties of Johnson through which his pious hopes and resolutions shine... | |
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A kind of strange oblivion has overspread me, so that I know not what has become of the last year ; and perceive that incidents and intelligence pass over me, without leaving any impression. 
