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" 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 make the time shorter than it was. Such conversation I shall not have again till I come back to the regions of literature ;... "
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides - Page 249
by James Boswell - 1831
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Aspects of Doctor Johnson

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...
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Temple Bar, Volume 55

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...
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Royal Illustrated History of Eastern England: Civil, Military ..., Volume 2

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...
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La Belle assemblée: or, Bell's court and fashionable magazine, Volume 1

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...
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The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and ...

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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