 The 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 be attained by solitary diligence, but must arise from general converse, and accurate observation...  The Rambler. ... - Page 18by Samuel Johnson - 1750Full view - About this book
 | John Timbs - 1856 - 374 pages
...can give a modern audience pleasure. — Goldsmith. XXXII. -J 2, . The task of our present writers requires, together with that learning which is to...books, that experience which can never be attained by solitary diligence, but must arise from general converse and accurate observation of the living world.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, William Alexander Clouston - 1875 - 346 pages
...failings might escape comment, though he shall never attain much regard. The task of our present writers requires, together with that learning which is to...books, that experience which can never be attained by solitary diligence, but must arise from general converse and accurate observation of the living world.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 562 pages
...knowledge of nature, or acquaintance with life. The task of our present writers is very different; it 10 requires, together with that learning which is to...books, that experience which can never be attained by solitary diligence, but must arise from general converse and accurate observation of the living world.... | |
 | Caroline Mabel Goad - 1918 - 678 pages
...fear. I nunc, et versus tecum meditare canoros. E. 2. 2. 76. (2. 16) No. 4. The task of our present writers is very different ; it requires, together...books, that experience which can never be attained by solitary diligence, but must arise from general converse and accurate observation of the living world.... | |
 | Caroline Mabel Goad - 1918 - 662 pages
...fear. I nunc, et versus tecum meditare canoros. E. 2. 2. 76. (2. 16) No. 4. The task of our present writers is very different; it requires, together with...books, that experience which can never be attained by solitary diligence, but must arise from general converse and accurate observation of the living world.... | |
 | Louise Carew - 1926 - 252 pages
...personages in deserts, nor lodge them in imaginary castles. *" "fh* taak of our present writ or* !e very different; it requires, together with that learning...gained from books, that experience which can never bo attained by solitary diligence, but must arise from general converse and accurate observation of... | |
 | Marshall McLuhan - 1962 - 306 pages
...social realism, indicating its basic deviation from the forms of book learning: The task of our present writers is very different; it requires, together with...books, that experience which can never be attained by solitary diligence, but must arise from general converse and accurate observation of the living world.... | |
 | Gay Wilson Allen, Harry Hayden Clark - 1962 - 676 pages
...the toil of study, without knowledge of nature, or acquaintance with life. The task of our present writers is very different; it requires, together with...books, that experience which can never be attained by solitary diligence, but must arise from general converse and accurate observation of the living world.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1968 - 400 pages
...the toil of study, without knowledge of nature, or acquaintance with life. The task of our present writers is very different; it requires, together with...books, that experience which can never be attained by solitary diligence, but must arise from general converse, and accurate observation of the living world.... | |
 | John Halperin - 1975 - 352 pages
...fictionmaker, possesses in his artful language those qualifications Dr Johnson set for modern fiction: 'It requires, together with that learning which is...gained from books, that experience which can never be gained by solitary diligence, but must arise from general converse, and accurate observation of the... | |
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