 If the world be promiscuously described, I cannot see of what use it can be to read the account; or why it may not be as safe to turn the eye immediately upon mankind, as upon a mirror which shows all that presents itself without discrimination.  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 23by Samuel Johnson - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 388 pages
...discolored by passion, or deformed by wickedness. If the world be promiscuously described, I cannot s»e of what use it can be to read the account: or why...to turn the eye immediately upon mankind as upon a mirror, which shows al-1 that presents itself without discrimination. It is therefore not a sufficient... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 394 pages
...discolored by passion, or deformed by wickedness. If the world be promiscuously described, I cannot s»e of what use it can be to read the account: or why it may not be as safe to turn tho eye immediately upon mankind as upon a mirror, which shows all that presents itself without discrimination.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 524 pages
...so often discoloured by passion, or deformed by wickedness. If the world be promiscuously described, I cannot see of what use it can be to read the account...immediately upon mankind as upon a mirrour which shews all thai presents itself without discrimination. It is therefore not a sufficient vindication of a character,... | |
 | 1816 - 778 pages
...wicltednefs. " If the world be promifcuoufly dtfcribed (fays Johufon), I cannot perceive of what ufe it can be to read the account; or why it may not be as fafe to turn the eye immediately upon mankind, as upon a mirror, which (hows all that prcfents itlelf... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 368 pages
...so often discoloured by passion, or deformed by wickedness. If the world be promiscuously described, I cannot see of what use it can be to read the account...eye immediately upon mankind as upon a mirrour which shows all that presents itself without discrimination. It is therefore not a sufficient vindication... | |
 | 1818 - 904 pages
...success, to regulate their own practices. If the world b« (by novelists) promiscuously described, I cannot see of what use it can be to read the account:...it may not be as safe to turn the eye immediately on mankind as upon a mirror which shews all that presents itself without discrimination. It is not... | |
 | 1818 - 896 pages
...practices. If the world be (by novelists) promiscuously described, I cannot see of what use it cm be tu read the account : or why it may not be as safe to turn tlie eye immediately on mankind as upon a mirror which shews all that presents itself without discrimination.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 462 pages
...so often discoloured by passion, or deformed by wickedness. If the world be promiscuously described, I cannot see of what use it can be to read the account...to turn the eye immediately upon mankind as upon a mirror which shews all that presents itself without discrimination. It is therefore not a sufficient... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 462 pages
...so often discoloured by passion or deformed by wickedness . If the world be promiscuously described, I cannot see of what use it can be to read the account...safe to turn the eye immediately upon mankind, as ugpn a mirrour which shows all that presents itself without ^discrimination. It is therefore not a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 472 pages
...so often discoloured by passion, or deformed by wickedness. If the world be promiscuously described, I cannot see of what use it can be to read the account...may not be as safe to turn the eye immediately upon 24 THE RAMBLER. No. 4mankind as upon a mirror which shews all that presents itself without discrimination.... | |
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