 All foreigners remark, that the knowledge of the common people of England is greater than that of any other vulgar. This superiority we undoubtedly owe to the rivulets of intelligence, which are continually trickling among us, which every one may catch,...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Idler - Page 20by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 624 pages
...upon a tumbler; and no company can keep together longer than they are diverted by sounds or shows. All foreigners remark, that the knowledge of the common people of England is greater lhan that of any other vulgar. This superiority we undoubtedly owe to the rivulets of intelligence... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 624 pages
...upon a tumbler; and no company can keep together longer than they are diverted by sounds or •hows. All foreigners remark, that the knowledge of the common people of England is greater than that of any oilier vulgar. This superiority we undoubtedly owe to the rivulets of intelligence which are continually... | |
 | Esq. J. H. JAMES (of London.) - 1847 - 184 pages
...that, by the continuous waste of aqueous particles, the whole earth will at last become a sandy desert. All foreigners remark, that the knowledge of the common...England is greater than that of any other vulgar. He began to believe that the world overflowed with universal plenty, and that nothing was withheld... | |
 | George Cornewall Lewis - 1849 - 444 pages
...vehicles of intelligence, see the remarks of Johnson in the Idler, No. 7, 27 May, 1758. He there says — "All foreigners remark that the knowledge of the common...England is greater than that of any other vulgar. This superiority we undoubtedly owe to the rivulets of intelligence which are continually trickling among... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - 1849 - 526 pages
...of intelligence, see the remarks of Johnson in the Idler, No. 7, 27 May, 1758. He there says—"All foreigners remark that the knowledge of the common...England is greater than that of any other vulgar. This superiority we undoubtedly owe to the rivulets of intelligence which are continually trickling among... | |
 | Frederick Knight Hunt - 1850 - 326 pages
...neither Chronicles nor Magazines, neither Gazettes nor Advertisers, neither Journals nor Evening Posts. All foreigners remark, that the knowledge of the common...England is greater than that of any other vulgar. This superiority we undoubtedly owe to the rivulets of intelligence, which are continually trickling among... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1852 - 610 pages
...Gazettes nor Advertisers, neither Journals nor Evening Posts. All foreigners remark that the knowledge nf ր 0 0 ց 4 Ơ ҋ migar. This superiority we undoubtedly owe to the rivulets nf intelligence which are continually trickling... | |
 | william harrison ainsworth - 1857 - 516 pages
...In a previous numberf he * Idler, No. 30, November lltb, 1758. f Ibid - No - 7 > Ma y 27th ' ] 758 " All foreigners remark that the knowledge of the common...England is greater than that of any other vulgar. This superiority we undoubtedly owe to the rivulets of intelligence which are continually trickling among... | |
 | Alexander Andrews - 1859 - 356 pages
...ridicule; but he grudgingly yields the admission that newspapers may be of service in the state : — " All foreigners remark that the knowledge of the common...England is greater than that of any other vulgar. This superiority we undoubtedly owe to the rivulets of intelligence which are continually trickling among... | |
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