 The task of an author is, either to teach what is not known, or to recommend known truths, by his manner of adorning them; either to let new light in upon the mind, and open new scenes to the prospect, or to vary the dress and situation of common objects,...  The Rambler - Page 14by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1853 - 336 pages
...them : for what should make the book valued, when its subject is nc more ? idler, vol. 2. The task of an author is either to teach what is not known,...manner of adorning them ; either to let new light upon the mind, and open new scenes to the prospect, or vary the dress and situation of common objects,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, William Alexander Clouston - 1875 - 346 pages
...supplies life with innocent amusement, will be certainly caressed as a pleasing companion. The task of an author is either to teach what is not known,...either to let new light in upon the mind, and open new scenes to the prospect, or to vary the dress and situation of common objects, so as to give them fresh... | |
 | William Henry Day - 1886 - 490 pages
...ample corroboration, if needed. We are told that ' The task of an author is either to teach truth that is not known, or to recommend known truths by his manner of adorning them.' And we also know that ' Of old, those met reward that could excel, And such were praised that but endeavoured... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 424 pages
...; Nor takes up pow'r, nor lays it down, As giddy rabbles smile or frown." El.PHlNSTON. *""PHE task of an author is, either to teach what is not *•...either to let new light in upon the mind, and open new scenes to the prospect, or to vary the dress and situation of common objects, so as to give them fresh... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1895 - 670 pages
...thoughts of highest wisdom in language which is a model of dignity and grace. H. CRAIK, CRITICS THE task of an author is, either to teach what is not known,...either to let new light in upon the mind, and open new scenes to the prospect, or to vary the dress and situation of common objects, so as to give them fresh... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1895 - 660 pages
...thoughts of highest wisdom in language which is a model of dignity and grace. H. CRAIK, CRITICS THE task of an author is, either to teach what is not known,...either to let new light in upon the mind, and open new scenes to the prospect, or to vary the dress and situation of common objects, so as to give them fresh... | |
 | John Herbert Claiborne - 1895 - 104 pages
...EXCELLENT TEACHING PREFACE A philosopher has said that the task of an author is either to teach that which is not known or to recommend known truths by his manner of adorning them. The author presents this book to the medical profession in the hope that he has put the known facts... | |
 | David Hutchison MacGregor - 1901 - 152 pages
...but to truth. It seeks not to create but to interpret. " The task of an author," as Johnson says, " is either to teach what is not known, or to recommend...either to let new light in upon the mind, and open new scenes to the prospect or to vary the dress and situation of common objects, so as to give them fresh... | |
 | Alexander Malcolm Williams - 1909 - 454 pages
...student should write down the exact content of the following sentence from Johnson's Rambler : " The task of an author is, either to teach what is not known,...either to let new light in upon the mind, and open new scenes to the prospect, or to vary the dress and situation of common objects, so as to give them fresh... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1912 - 516 pages
...as in the two following passages, one really wants, as in some other cases, coloured inks. The task of an author is, either to teach what is not known,...either to let new light in upon the mind, and open new scenes to the prospect, or to vary the dress and situation of common objects, so as to give them fresh... | |
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