 He has made a chasm, which not only nothing can fill up, but which nothing has a tendency to fill up. Johnson is dead. Let us go to the next best: there is nobody; no man can be said to put you in mind of Johnson.  Poems - Seite 21von William Robert Spencer (hon.) - 1835Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 444 Seiten
...which he uttered with an abrupt felicity, superiour to all studied compositions: — " He has made a chasm, which not only nothing can fill up, but which nothing has a tendency to fill up. — Johnson is dead. — Let us go to the next best : — there is nobody ; — no man can be said... | |
 | James Moultrie - 1830 - 56 Seiten
...adopting the final sentiment of Boswell, on the death of his eminent patron and friend. " HE HAS MADE A CHASM, WHICH NOT ONLY NOTHING CAN FILL UP, BUT WHICH NOTHING HAS A TENDENCY f O FILL UP.' [ELLIOTT] is DEAD. LET us GO TO THE NEXT BEST — THERE IS NOBODY ; NO ONE CAN BE SAID... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 570 Seiten
...which he uttered with an abrupt felicity, superiour to all studied compositions : — " He has made a chasm, which not only nothing can fill up, but which nothing has a tendency to fill up — Johnson is dead. — Let us go to the next best : there is nobody; no man can be said to put you... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 600 Seiten
...which he uttered with an abrupt felicity, superiour to all studied compositions :— " He has made a chasm, which not only nothing can fill up, but which nothing has a tendency to fill up. — Johnson is dead. — Let us go to the next best : there is nobody; no man can be said to put you... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 456 Seiten
...which he uttered with an abrupt felicity, superior to all studied compositions : — " He has made a chasm, which not only nothing can fill up, but which nothing has a tendency to fill up. Johnson is dead. Let us go to the next best : there is nobody ; no man can be said to put you in mind... | |
 | James Boswell - 1843 - 588 Seiten
...which he uttered with an abrupt felicity, superiour to all studied compositions : — "lie has made a chasm, which not only nothing can fill up, but which nothing has a tendency to fill up. — Johnson is dead. — Let us go to the next best : there is nobody ; no man can be said to put you... | |
 | 1848 - 886 Seiten
...upon our sphere so bright and steady a lustre: Burke, Pitt, Fox, Windham, Sheridan. They have made a chasm which not only nothing can fill up, but which nothing has a tendency to fill up. Let us go on to the next best—there is nobody—no man can be said to put you in mind of them. To Sheridan... | |
 | 1848 - 886 Seiten
...chasm which not only nothing can fill up, but which nothing has a tendency to fill up. Let us go on to the next best — there is nobody — no man can be said to put you in mind of them. To Sheridan belonged every kind of literary excellence. The Lord Chancellor, in a speech in the... | |
 | Robert Armitage - 1850 - 562 Seiten
...said of him by one who had been intimately acquainted with him nearly thirty years,—" He has made a chasm, which not only nothing can fill up, but which nothing has a tendency to fill up. Johnson is dead. Let us go to the next best: there is nobody: no man can be said to put you in mind... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 322 Seiten
...friend,2 which he uttered with an abrupt felicity superior to all studied compositions : — " He has made a chasm, which not only nothing can fill up, but which nothing has a tendency to fill up. Johnson is dead. Let us go to the next best — there is nobody ; no man can be said to put you in... | |
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