 | 1785 - 596 pages
...objecb, and to cxiH from tne mais of mankind thofe individuals upon which the attention ought moft to be employed; as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be poliihcd by art, and placed in fitch a foliation a* to difplay that luftre which before was buried... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...objects, and to cull from the mafs of mankind, thofe individuals upon which the attention ought moft to be employed ; as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polifhed by art, and placed in fuch a fituation, as to difplay that luftre which before was buried... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 466 pages
...objects, and to . cull from the mafs of mankind, thofe individuals upon which the attention ought moft to be employed ; as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polifhed by art, and placed in fuch a fituation, as todifplay that luftre which before was bufied among... | |
 | Charles Moore (rector of Cuxton.) - 1790 - 482 pages
...objects, and to cuil from the mafs of mankind, " thofe individuals upon whom the attention « ought moft to be employed ;"— as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be poliihed by art, and placed in fuch a fituation, as to difplay that luftre, which "before was buried... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 626 pages
...objects, and to cull from the mafs of mankind, thofe individuals upon which the attention ought moft to be employed; as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polifhed by art, and placed in fuch a fituation, as to difplay that luftre which before was buried... | |
 | 1801 - 342 pages
...objects, and to cull from the mafs of mankind, thofe individuals upon which the attention ought moft to be employed ; as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polifhed by art, and placed in fuch a fituation, as to difplay that luftre which before was buried... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 pages
...objects, and to cull from the mafs of mankind, thofe individuals upon which the attention ought mofl to be employed : as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polifhed by art, and placed in fuch a fituation, as to difplay that luftre which before was buried... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 pages
...objects, and to cull from the j mafs of mankind, thofe individuals upon which the attention ought moft to be employed: as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may bepolilhed by art, and placed in fuch a fituation, as to difplay that luftre which before was buried... | |
 | 1803 - 322 pages
...life is, that their authors are at liberty, though not to invent, yet to select objects, and to cull from the mass of mankind those individuals upon which...cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situation as to display that lustre which before was buried among common stones. It is justly... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1805 - 188 pages
...habitual, and no other sort is o agreeable in the application.' The next shall be from Johnson i ' These familiar histories may. perhaps be made of greater...cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed iir such a situation, as to display that lustre which before was buried among common stones. ' It is... | |
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The chief advantage which these fictions have over real life is, that their authors are at liberty, though not to invent, yet to select objects, and to cull from the mass of mankind those individuals upon which the attention ought most to be employed... 
