...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 shows all that presents itself without discrimination. It is therefore not a sufficient...

...parts of nature, which are most proper for imitation. ... 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 shows all that presents itself without discrimination. (3.22) Johnson's objection here...

...so often discolored 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 shows all that presents itself without discrimination. It is therefore not a sufficient...

...already available to our experience of the world. "If the world be promiscuously described," he writes, "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 shows all that presents itself without discrimination."61 It is important to spell out...

...Order to get at the truth. Grabes, The Mutable Glass, 233 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 äs safe to turn the eye immediately upon mankind, äs upon a mirrour which shews all that presents...

...proper for imitation ... If the world be promiscuously described, I cannot see of what use it would be to read the account; or why it may not be as safe...to turn the eye immediately upon mankind, as upon a mirror that shows all that presents itself without discrimination. It is therefore not a sufficient...

...In the same essay from The Rambler Johnson complains that "if the world be promiscuously described, I cannot see of what use it can be to read the account" (Rambler no. 4, 3:22). In the context of the essay, he is making the familiar point that the mere fact...

...his behaviour and success, to regulate their own practices. 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 shows all that presents itself without discrimination. It is not a sufficient vindication...

...always the same«. 32. Rambler Nr. 4. Works, 2, 23—4: »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 shows all that presents itself without discrimination.« 33. Rasselas, Kp. io. Works,...

...those parts of nature which are most proper for imitation. "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 safe to turn the eyes immediately upon mankind as upon a mirror which shows all that presents itself...