| John D. Rosenberg - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 304 pages
...pronouncement on London that we find the predominant attitude toward the city through the eighteenth century: 'When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life;...for there is in London all that life can afford.' The gentleman retired to the country for refreshment, for choice 'views,' perhaps for contemplation;... | |
| Jeff Kolby - Education - 2021 - 342 pages
...taking risks. (E) All cutting-edge technologies involve some risk. Solutions to Warm-Up Drill I 1. When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life: for there is in London all that life can afford. — Samuel Johnson 2. The conclusion is not stated, but the arguer implies that watching violent movies... | |
| Vincent Carretta - Social Science - 2005 - 472 pages
...administrative center of Great Britain. Samuel Johnson was not the only Englishman who believed that "when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford."5 In his first attempt to get to London, because of illness Equiano reached only as far as... | |
| Lisa Cach - Fiction - 2005 - 324 pages
...could take you tomorrow." "I've hardly seen anything of London yet. What is that famous quotation? 'When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life'?" "It's a noisy sewer." "Oh, don't be a killjoy. I'd like to see it, sewer or not," she said. "You're... | |
| Andrew Davison - Computers - 2005 - 1000 pages
...Melbourne ("the World's Most Livable City"). He received his Ph.D. from Imperial College in London ("When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life"). Andrew's abiding interest is his family: wife Supatra and son John. They are the joy and meaning of... | |
| 2005 - 312 pages
...the following questions according to the information given in the text. 1. Why did Samuel Johnson say when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life? 2. What have been built in London since the 20ch century? 3. Being the " world's capital", has London... | |
| Nora Szechy - Inchicore (Dublin, Ireland) - 2006 - 236 pages
...handsome and he was interested in me. When I found out he was a Protestant, I kept my distance. 25 London "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life;...for there is in London all that life can afford." — Samuel Johnson My friend Maggie wrote from London to say she was getting married and would I consider... | |
| Michael K. Gusmano - Business & Economics - 2006 - 426 pages
...Living Arrangements and Housing among Older People in London Tony Warnes and Inge Striider Introduction "When a man is tired of London he is tired of life;...for there is in London all that life can afford." Samuel Johnson's familiar quotation of 1777 aptly poses an issue about the relation between contemporary... | |
| Donald Olson - Travel - 2006 - 482 pages
...Enjoying a scrumptious tea A\ s the oft-quoted Dr. Samuel Johnson observed more than 200 years v \ ago, "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life." Year-round, millions from all corners of the globe visit the UK capital. London is famed for its venerable... | |
| David Matthews - 2006 - 256 pages
...Barbados. One of the many long-dead •white men that I'm fond of often quoting once said something about, 'When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.' I needed to get out of the Smoke urgently, before London ground me down and into a slipknot of rope... | |
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