 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 430 pages
...own part, I profefs myfelf an Idler ^ and love to give my judgment, fuch as it is, from my immediate perceptions, without much fatigue of thinking; and I am of opinion, that if a man has not thofe perceptions right, it will be vain for him to endeavour to fupply their place by rules, which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 442 pages
...own part, I profefs myfelf an Idler, and love to give my judgment, fuch as it is, from my immediate perceptions, without much fatigue of thinking; and I am of opinion, that if a man has not thofe perceptions right, it will be vain for him to endeavour to fupply their place by rules, which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 432 pages
...opinion, that if a man has not thofe perceptions right, it will be vain for him to endeavour to fupply their place by rules, which may enable him to talk more learnedly, but not to diftinguifh more acutely. Another reafon which has leflened my affection for the ftudy of criticifm... | |
 | 1803 - 222 pages
...my part, I profess myself an Idler, and love to give my judgment, such as it is, from my immediate perceptions, without much fatigue of thinking ; and...a man has not those perceptions right, it will be in vain for him to endeavour to supply their place By rules ; which may enable him to talk more learnedly,... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1814 - 718 pages
...out- cf the reach of ruins : so that, as 'he addt, if a man has not correct perceptions, it will be in vain for him to endeavour to supply their place by rules, which, though they may certainly enable him to talk more learnedly, will never teach him to distinguish more... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 446 pages
...own part, I profess myself an Idler, and love to give my judgement, such as it is, from my immediate perceptions, without much fatigue of thinking; and...place by rules; which may enable him to talk more learn, edly, but not to distinguish more acutely. Another reason which has lessened my affection for... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 430 pages
...own part, I profess myself an Idler, and love to give my judgment, such as it is, from my immediate perceptions, without much fatigue of thinking ; and...lessened my affection for the study of criticism is, that critics, so far as I have observed, debar themselves from receiving any pleasure from the polite arts,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 428 pages
...own part, I profess myself an Idler, and lore to give my judgment, such as it is, from my immediate perceptions, without. much fatigue of thinking ; and...lessened my affection for the study of criticism is, that critics, so far as I have observed, debar themselves from receiving any pleasure from the polite arts,... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 378 pages
...own part I profess myself an Idler, and love to give my judgment, such as it is, from my immediate perceptions, without much fatigue of thinking; and...lessened my affection for the study of criticism is, that critics, so far as I have observed, debar themselves from receiving any pleasure from the polite arts,... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 690 pages
...own part I profess myself an Idler, and love to give my judgment, such as it is, from my immediate perceptions, without much fatigue of thinking ; and...lessened my affection for the study of criticism is, that critics, so far as I have observed, debar themselves from receiving any pleasure from the polite arts,... | |
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Idler, and love to give my judgment, such as it is, from my immediate perceptions, without much fatigue of thinking; and I am of opinion, that if a man has not those perceptions right, it will be vain for him to endeavour to supply their place by rules,... 
