 Some are too indolent to read any thing, till its reputation is established ; others too envious to promote that fame which gives them pain by its increase.  Rambler - Page 13by Samuel Johnson - 1801Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1750 - 296 pages
...buflnefs, without time for intellectual amufements ; he appeals to judges prepoflefled by paffions, or corrupted by prejudices, which preclude their approbation...incr.eafe. What is new is oppofed, becaufe moft are tfnwilling to be taught ; and what is known is rejected, becaufe itis not fufficiently confidered,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1752 - 326 pages
...bufmefs, without time for intellectual amufements ; he appeals to judges prepoflefled by paffions, or corrupted by prejudices, which preclude their approbation of any new performance. Some are too indolent sarrfl to to read any thing, till its reputation is eflablifh'd; others too envious to promote that... | |
 | 1785 - 596 pages
...bufinefs, without time for intellectual amufcmcnts ; he appeals to judges prepoflefTed by pailions, or corrupted by prejudices, which preclude their approbation...performance. Some are too indolent to read any thing, till it's reputation is ellablifhed ; others too envious to promote that fame which gives them pain by it's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 466 pages
...mifcellany of life. He that endeavours after fame by writing, folicits the regard of a multitude fluctuating in meafures, or immerfed in bufinefs, without time...pain by its increafe. What is new is oppofed, becaufe moftare unwilling to be taught ; and what is known is rejected, becaufe it is not fufficiently confidered,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...in bufinefs, without time for intelle&ual amufements ; he appeals to judges prepoffefled bypaflions, or corrupted by prejudices, which preclude their approbation...them pain by its increafe. What is new is oppofed, becaule moftare unwilling to be taught; and what is known is rejected, becaufe it is not fufficiently... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 626 pages
...bufinefs, without time for intellectual amufements; he appeals to judges prepoffefled by paffions, or corrupted by prejudices, which preclude their approbation...becaufe moft are unwilling to be taught ; and what is known is rejected, becaufe it is not fufficiently confidered, that men more frequently require to be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 582 pages
...to judges prepoiTclTed by paflions, or corrupted by prejudices, whicli preclude their ;ipprobation of any new performance. Some are too indolent to read any thing, till it's reputation is eftabiifhed ; others too envious to promote that tame which gives them pain by it's... | |
 | 1801 - 342 pages
...bufinefs, without time for intellectual amufements; he appeals to judges prepoflefled by paffions, or corrupted by prejudices, which preclude their approbation...becaufe moft are unwilling to be taught ; and what is known is rejected, becaufe it is not fufficiently confidered, that men more frequently require to be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 pages
...bufinefs, without time for intellectual amufements; lie appeals to judges prepoflefled by paffions, or corrupted by prejudices, which preclude their approbation...thing, till its reputation is eftablifhed; others to» envious to promote that fame which gives them pain by its increafe. What is new is oppofed, becaufe... | |
 | William Mudford - 1802 - 166 pages
...business, without time for intellectual improvements, he appeals to judges prepossessed by passion, or corrupted by prejudices, which preclude their approbation...indolent to read any thing till its reputation is established ; others too envious to promote that fame which gives them pain by its increase. What is... | |
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