 | Octavius Francis Christie - 1924 - 296 ページ
...of any man who is permitted to lay out his own time, contriving not to have tedious hours.' " 1 " ' Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who...for there is in London all that life can afford.' " 2 " ' Yet, Sir ' (said I), ' there are many people who are content to live in the country. ' JOHNSON.... | |
 | John T. Lynch - 2003 - 244 ページ
...in question: few readers are able to reconcile such a sentiment with Johnson's famous obiter dictum, "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life." Weinbrot, however, both dismisses the relevance ofjohnson's sincerity and reminds us that the famous... | |
 | Kate Ellis - 2003 - 248 ページ
...everything.' Wesley shook his head. 'It's not all it's cracked up to be, you know. Dr Johnson said that when a man is tired of London he is tired of life, but I can't say I agree with him.' She looked Wesley in the eye. 'You should try clearing up after... | |
 | Jeff Kolby - 2021 - 612 ページ
...conclusion, complete it with the most natural conclusion. Answers and solutions begin on page 598. 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. Some psychiatrists claim that watching violent movies dissipates aggression.... | |
 | Mary Ellen Hayward, Frank R. Shivers - 2004 - 444 ページ
...could envision tearing down much of the city and rebuilding it. 8 BUILDING A RENAISSANCE, 1955-2000 "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life;...for there is in London all that life can afford," Dr. Samuel Johnson wrote of eighteenth-century-London. All city lovers treasure the phrase, which Baltimore... | |
 | Charlie Karlsson, Per Flensburg, Sven-Åke Hörte - 2004 - 528 ページ
...London played such a small part, both in 1 900 and after 1945. After all, and as Samuel Johnson said, 'When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life;...for there is in London all that life can afford.' Why, then, was Vienna, not London, the art world's second capital in 1900? Not only because it boasted... | |
 | Jeff Kolby - 2024 - 586 ページ
...to be central to the human condition. — Milton Mayeroff, On Caring 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... | |
 | Darwin Porter - 2004 - 1096 ページ
...legendary Stonehenge, Oxford University, and the classic city of Barh. 1 London Samuel Johnson said, "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there's in London all that life can afford." We'll survey a segment of that life: ancient monuments,... | |
 | Peter J. Baumgartner - 2004 - 228 ページ
...inscription of a phrase tossed off in cleverness some three or four hundred years ago still resonates, "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life" and leave the park behind at the black iron gate. My footsteps echo with the others hurrying through... | |
 | Christopher Wood - 2004 - 202 ページ
...You stupid old cunt!" A youth on a mountain bike nearly cut him in half as he sped round a corner. 'When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life'. Colin struggled back onto the pavement and considered Doctor Johnson's maxim. Footpads, filth, corruption,... | |
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Why, sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford. 
