 | Lionel Kelly - 1995 - 399 pages
...observation and experience; for that observation \vhich is called o I knowledge of the \vorld, \vill be found much more frequently to make men cunning...The purpose of these writings is surely not only to shew mankind, but to provide that they may beseen hereafter with less hazard; to teach the means of... | |
 | Ellis Shookman - 1997 - 262 pages
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 | Wendy Motooka - 1998 - 302 pages
...be drawn; nor of a natrative, that the train of evenrs is agreeable to observation and expetience, for that observation which is called knowledge of the -world, will be found much more frequenrly to make men cunning than good.1 Fielding's fiction, Johnson suspecrs, will not defend virtue... | |
 | David Selwyn - 1999 - 392 pages
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 | Anne Waldron Neumann - 1999 - 196 pages
...Johnson praises realistic novels because they provide an artificial experience for youthful readers: The purpose of these writings is surely not only to...they may be seen hereafter with less hazard; ... to initiate youth by mock encounters in the art of necessary defence, and to increase prudence without... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 2003 - 644 pages
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It is therefore not a sufficient vindication of a character that it is drawn as it appears; for many characters ought never to be drawn: nor of a narrative, that the train of events is agreeable to observation and experience; for that observation which... 
