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" He was very often visited by Lyttelton and Pitt, who, when they were weary of faction and debates, used at Wickham to find books and quiet, a decent table, and literary conversation. There is at Wickham a walk made by Pitt; and, what is of far more importance,... "
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: Prior. Congreve. Blackmore ... - Page 350
by Samuel Johnson - 1810
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Correspondence of William Pitt, 1. köide

William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1838 - 534 lehte
...when they were weary of faction and debates, used, at his very pleasant house at West Wickham in Kent, to find books and quiet, a decent table and literary...conviction, which produced his ' Dissertation on St. Paul.' " — Life of Wett. (2) This youth was severely wounded on board his father's ship, the Buckingham,...
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The Every-day Book and Table Book: Or, Everlasting Calendar of ..., 3. köide

William Hone - 1838 - 890 lehte
...conferred on him the degree of doctor of laws. " He was very often visited by Lyttelton and I'itt, who, when they were weary of faction and debates,...quiet, a decent table, and literary conversation."* It was in West's • Dr. Joboson. society, at Wickham, that lord Lyttelton was convinced of the truth...
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Correspondence of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, 1. köide

William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1840 - 528 lehte
...brother to Gilbert West, the poet; of whom Dr. Johnson relates, that " he was often visited by Lyttelton and Pitt, who, when they were weary of faction and debates, used, at his very pleasant house at West Wickham in Kent, to find books and quiet, a decent table and literary...
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Lives of the English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works ; And ...

Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 522 lehte
...whom may be given the two venerable names of Poet and Saint*. He was very often visited by Lyttelton and Pitt, who, when they were weary of faction and...decent table, and literary conversation. There is at Wickbam a walk made by Pitt; and, what is of far more importance, at Wickham, Lyttetton received that...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 742 lehte
...may be given the two •»enenible names of poet and saint. He was very often visited by Lyttelton {L я decent table, and literary conversation. There is at Wickham a walk made by Pitt ; and, what is...
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The Every-day Book and Table Book; Or, Everlasting Calendar of ..., 3. köide

William Hone - 1841 - 894 lehte
...university of Oxford conferred on him the degree of doctor of laws. " He was very often visited by Lyttelton and Pitt, who, when they were weary of faction and debates, used, at Wickham, to 6nd books and quiet, a decent table, and litefury conversation."* It was in West's • Dr. ЬЬпмп...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With an Essay on His Life and ..., 2. köide

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 718 lehte
...whom may be given the two venerable names of poet and saint. He was very often visited by Lyttelton not their clothes, did wear. As one of DC iiliain's...his improvement of our numbers, his versification iJlustrious friends had for a while listened to the blandishments of infidelity ; and when West's book...
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Memoirs and Correspondence from 1734 to 1773, 1. köide

George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton - 1845 - 444 lehte
...landscape-gardening was partly formed at Wickham. " West," says Dr. Johnson, " was very often visited by Lyttelton and Pitt, who, when they were weary of faction and debates, used at Wickhamf to find * Dr. Johnson's Letter, p. 39, shews that his knowledge of West as well as Lyttelton,...
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The Quarterly Review, 78. köide

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1846 - 606 lehte
...Thomson's death. Johnson had said in his ' Life of West :' — '"'West was very often visited by Lyttelton and Pitt, who, when they were weary of faction and...Dissertation on St. Paul.' These two illustrious friends* had listened to the blandishments of infidelity ; and when West's ' Observations on the Resurrection '...
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The Quarterly Review, 78. köide

1846 - 614 lehte
...Johnson Johnson had said in his ' Life of West :' — ' " West was very often visited by Lyttelton and Pitt, who, when they were weary of faction and...Dissertation on St. Paul.' These two illustrious friends* had listened to the blandishments of infidelity; and when West's ' Observations on the Resurrection ' were...
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