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
| 1823 - 428 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;...without knowledge of nature, or acquaintance with life. But the fear of not being approved as just copiers of human manners, is not the most important concern... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 638 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...practice gained some fluency of language, he had no farther care than to retire to his closet, let loose his invention, and heat his mind with incredihilities... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 526 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 - 1825 - 530 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...and heat his mind with incredibilities; a book was #hus produced without fear of criticism, without the toil of study, without knowledge of nature, or... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 530 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...further care than to retire to his closet, let loose his inven\ tion, and heat his mind with incredibilities; a book was thus produced without fear of criticism,... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 630 pages
...polite and learned ages, it is iot easy to conceive ; but we cannot wonder liât while readers could be bly rewarded. There once a time when wreaths of bays or oak were consi зу practice gained some fluency of language, he lad no further care than to retire to his closet,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 630 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...acquaintance with life. The task of our present writers is verv different; it requires, together With that learning which is to be gained from books, that expenenc.e... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 624 pages
...polite and learned ages, it is not easy to conceive ; but we cannot wonder that while readers could be de requires, together with that learning which is to be gained from books, that experience which can never... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1842 - 620 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...retire to his closet, let loose his invention, and heat tus mind with incredibilities ; a book was thus produced without fear of criticism, without the toil... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 624 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...with life. The task of our present writers is very diner ent; it requires, together with that learning which is to be gained from books, that experience... | |
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