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
| Victor Francis Calverton - 1926 - 376 pages
...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... | |
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