 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
 | Lionel Kelly - 1995 - 399 pages
...acquaintance \vith life . The task of our present writers is very different; it requires, together \vith 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 of the living world.... | |
 | Walter F. Greiner, Fritz Kemmler - 1997 - 282 pages
...of wonder. [. . .] The task of our present writers [. . .] requires, together, with that learning 10 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 of the living world.... | |
 | Lawrence Lipking - 2009 - 396 pages
...live with that burden the rest of his life. 144 The Living World: The Rambler 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.... | |
 | Leith Davis - 1998 - 240 pages
...had an easy task, he offers. They could just invent out of their heads, but: 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.... | |
 | Adam Potkay - 2000 - 276 pages
...closet, let loose his invention, and heat his mind with incredibilities. . . . 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"... | |
 | Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Nick Montfort - 2003 - 872 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.... | |
 | 1750 - 664 pages
...criticifm, without the toil of ilmlv, without knowledge of nature, or acquaintance with life. The talk of our prefent writers is very different. It requires,...books, that experience which can never be attained by iolitary diligence, but rnuft arife from general converfe, and acCHrate obfervatipn of the living world.... | |
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