| 130 pages
...been here to see me, he came, I think, forty miles out of his way, and stayed about a day and a half. Such conversation I shall not have again till I come...and there Windham is inter Stellas luna minores". A point in regard to this quotation is not without interest, though it is not strictly relevant to... | |
| George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1879 - 590 pages
...of Dr. Johnson's celebrated literary club. Dr. Johnson, in mentioning a visit from Windham, says, " Such conversation I shall not have again till I come back to the regions of literature, and then Windham is ' inter ignes luna minores.' " It is surprising that so little is known of Marsham... | |
| A. D. Bayne - East Anglia (England) - 1873 - 674 pages
...addressed to Dr. Brocklesby, in which Johnson says, " Mr. Windham has been here to see me ; he came I think forty miles out of his way, and staid about a day and a half ; perhaps I may make the time shorter than it was. Such conversation I shall not have again till I come back to... | |
| 1810 - 332 pages
...mc-i-he came, I think, forty miles out of his way, and stai'l about a day and a half — perhaps I mnkc the time shorter than it was. Such conversation I shall not have again till I come bael,- lo the regions of literature, and there Windham is inter Stellas luna minorei.'" Mr. Windham... | |
| English poetry - 1812 - 1092 pages
...here to be omitted. " Mr. Windham," taid he, " has been here to see me ; — he came I think fopty miles out of his way, and staid about a day and a half ; perhaps I may make the time shorter than it was. Such conversation I shall not have again till I come back to... | |
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