...of the last year." Easter, 1765, came, and found him still in the same state. "My time," he wrote, "has been unprofitably spent, and seems as a dream...confused, and I know not how the days pass over me." Happily for his honor, the charm which held him captive was at length broken by no gentle or friendly...

...of spirits. ** Since the last Easter I have reformed DO evil habit ; my time has been un* profitably spent, and seems as a dream that has left nothing behind. My 1 Mr. Sharp's letter, of which Boswell quotes only two fragments, is as follows : — " Cambridge,...

...remarkable, and show that he laboured under a severe depression of spirits. " Since the last Easter I have reformed no evil habit ; my time has been unprofitably...nothing behind. My memory grows confused, and I know not liow tlte days pass over me. Good Lord, deliver me !" * No man was more gratefully sensible of any...

...have continued it is of course impossible to determine. One of his private notes at this time has it: "My memory grows confused, and I know not how the days pass over me." The Cock Lane Ghost came to the rescue of the penitent though incorrigible philosopher. Churchill,...

...remarkable, and shew that he laboured under a severe depression of spirits. "Since the last Easter I have reformed no evil habit; my time has been unprofitably...not how the days pass over me. Good Lord, deliver me ! " 1 No man was more gratefully sensible of any kindness done to him than Johnson. There is a little...

...remarkable, and shew that he laboured under a severe depression of spirits. ' Since the last Easter I have reformed no evil habit, my time has been unprofitably...know not how the days pass over me. Good Lord deliver me3!' No man was more gratefully sensible of any kindness done to for the 'mind, Johnson exclaimed...

...would, no doubt, have finished the edition in a few months. He himself had recorded at Easter, 1765: 'My time has been unprofitably spent, and seems as a dream that has left nothing behind.' Pr. and Med., p. 61. 2 Dedications had been commonly used as a means of getting money by flattery....

...remarkable, and shew that he laboured under a severe depression of spirits. ' Since the last Easter I have reformed no evil habit, my time has been unprofitably spent, and seems a$ a dream that has left nothing behind. My memory grows confused, and I know not how the days pass...

...remarkable, and shew that he laboured under a severe depression of spirits. ' Since the last Easter I have reformed no evil habit ; my time has been unprofitably...left nothing behind. My memory grows confused, and / know not how the days pass over me. Good Lord, deliver me ! '" " Prayers and Meditations, p. 61....

...of the last year." Easter 1765 came, and found him still in the same state. " My time," he wrote, " has been unprofitably spent, and seems as a dream...confused, and I know not how the days pass over me. " Happily for his honour, the charm which held him captive was at length broken by no gentle or friendly...