...happinefs of our boyifh years, which is echoed with fo much affectation in the world. That happinefs I have never known, that time I have never regretted; and were my poor aunt (till alive, fbe would bear teftimony to the early and conflant uniformity of my fentiments. It will...

...thought we were not to meet again." ' Letters of Boswell, p. 34. ' Gibbon (Misc. Works, \. 43) protests against ' the trite and lavish praise of the happiness...have never known, that time I have never regretted. The poet may gaily describe the short hours of recreation ; but he forgets the daily tedious labours...

...thought we were not to meet again." ' Letters of Boswell, p. 34. 1 Gibbon (Misc. Works, i. 43) protests against ' the trite and lavish praise of the happiness...have never known, that time I have never regretted. The poet may gaily describe the short hours of recreation ; but he forgets the daily tedious labours...

...ignorance, of which a school-boy would have been ashamed. At the conclusion of this first period of my life, I am tempted to enter a protest against the trite...the early and constant uniformity of my sentiments. It will indeed be replied, that / am not a competent judge; that pleasure is incompatible with pain;...

...which a school-boy would have been ashamed. • At the conclusion of this first period of my life, I am tempted to enter a protest against the trite...the early and constant uniformity of my sentiments. It will indeed be replied, that / am not a competent judge; that pleasure is incompatible with pain...

...reading Mr. Gibbon's Memoirs, lie entirely concurred in the protest which the historian has entered against the " trite and lavish praise of the happiness of our boyish years." His talents were not suspected, and, if they had been known, would scarcely perhaps have been understood,...

...reading Mr. Gibbon's Memoirs, he entirely concurred in the protest which the historian has entered against the " trite and lavish praise of the happiness of our boyish years." He gave many proofs, while very young, of a particular turn for chemistry and natural philosophy, both...

...ignorance, of which a school-boy would have been ashamed. At the conclusion of this first period of my life, I am tempted to enter a protest against the trite...years, which is echoed with so much affectation in tin- world. That happiness I have never known, that time I have never regretted ; and were my poor...

...ignorance of which a school-boy would have been ashamed. At the conclusion of this first period of my life, I am tempted to enter a protest against the trite...aunt still alive, she would bear testimony to the earljr and constant uniformity of my sentiments. It will indeed be replied, that /am not a competent...

...ignorance of which a school-boy would have been ashamed. At the conclusion of this first period of my life, I am tempted to enter a protest against the trite...the early and constant uniformity of my sentiments. It will indeed be replied, that / am not a competent judge ; that pleasure is incompatible with pain...