 Why this wild strain of imagination found reception so long in polite and learned ages, it is not easy to conceive ; but we cannot wonder that 'while readers could be procured, the authors were willing to continue it ; for when a man had by practice gained...  The works of Samuel Johnson - Page 15by Samuel Johnson - 1818Full view - About this book
 | 1803 - 322 pages
...polite and learned ages, it is not easy to conceive, but we cannot wonder that while readers could be procured, the authors were willing to continue it...task of our present writers is very different : it requires, together wkh that learning which is to be gained from books, that experience which can never... | |
 | 1806 - 348 pages
...polite and learned ages, it is not easy to conceive ; but we cannot wonder that while readers could be procured, the authors were willing to continue it...task of our present writers is very different : it requires, together with that learning which is to be gained from books, that experience which can never... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 380 pages
...polite and learned ages, it is not easy to conceive ; but we cannot wonder that while readers could be procured, the authors were willing to continue it...criticism, without the toil of study, without knowledge cf nature or acquaintance with life. The task of our present writers is very different : it requires,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 376 pages
...polite and learned ages, it is not easy to conceive; but we cannot wonder that while readers could be procured, the authors were willing to continue it;...had by practice gained some fluency of language, he hac. no further care than to retire to his closet, let loose his invention, and heat his mind with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 352 pages
...polite and learned ages, it is not easy to conceive; but we cannot wonder that while readers could be procured, the authors were willing to continue it;...invention, and heat his mind with incredibilities; a book wai thus produced without fear of criticism, without the toil of study, without knowledge of nature,... | |
 | 1810 - 464 pages
...polite and learned ages, it is not easy to conceive ; but we cannot wonder that 'while readers could be procured, the authors were willing to continue it...task of our present writers is very different; it requires, together with that learning which is to be gained from books, that experience which can never... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 462 pages
...polite and learned ages, it is not easy to conceive ; but we cannot wonder that while readers could be procured, the authors were willing to continue it...task of our present writers is very different ; it requires, together with that learning which is to be gained from books, that experience which can never... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 394 pages
...cannot wonder that while readers could. Be procured, the authors were willing to continue -if;; 2 * % for when a man had by practice gained some fluency...task of our present writers is very different ; it requires, together with that learning which is to be gained from books, that experience which can never... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 388 pages
...we cannot wonder that while readers cou!4 be nrocured, the authors were willing to continue it ; a * for when a man had by practice gained some fluency...invention, and heat his mind with incredibilities ; abook was thus produced withoutfear of criticism, without the toil of study, without knowledge of... | |
 | John Colin Dunlop - 1814 - 450 pages
...Johnson has remarked, " when a man by practice had gained some fluency of language, he had no farther care than to retire to his closet, let loose his invention,...incredibilities. A book was thus produced without the toil of study, without knowledge of nature, or acquaintance with life." The most voluminous writer... | |
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