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
| Helen Deutsch - 2005 - 337 Seiten
...friend, 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... | |
| C. S. Lewis - 2004 - 1086 Seiten
...little end room bookcasel in Magdalen, where you can always have an empty sitting 65 '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.' The words are those of William Gerard Hamilton and are quoted by James Boswell in his Life... | |
| 1924 - 750 Seiten
...learning. The writer of epitaphs is not on oath, but it was written with truth, " 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." ECONOMY IN EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA. THE Commission appointed by the Government of the 1... | |
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