 | 1823 - 380 דפים
...pedantry. ' That general knowledge,' observes Johnson, ' which now circulates in common talk, was then rarely to be found. Men not professing learning were...ashamed of ignorance ; and, in the female world, any acquaint. ance with books was distinguished only to be censured.' When we reflect, that to express... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 דפים
...the characters of his readers made proper. That general knowledge which now circulates in Common talk was in his time .rarely to be found. Men not professing learning were not ashamed of ignorance ; ami, in the female world, any acquaintance with books was distinguished only to be censured. His... | |
 | Walter Wilson - 1830 - 558 דפים
...be beneath the dignity of a gentleman. " That general knowledge which now circulates in common talk, was in his time rarely to be found. Men, not professing...with books was distinguished only to be censured."* It is but little to the credit of those who carried away the learning and politeness of the age, that... | |
 | Walter Wilson - 1830 - 558 דפים
...be beneath the dignity of a gentleman. " That general knowledge which now circulates in common talk, was in his time rarely to be found. Men, not professing...with books was distinguished only to be censured."* It is but little to the credit of those who carried away the learning and politeness of the age, that... | |
 | Walter Wilson - 1830 - 558 דפים
...be beneath the dignity of a gentleman. " That general knowledge which now circulates in common talk, was in his time rarely to be found. Men, not professing learning, were not ashamed of ignorance; and hi the female world, any acquaintance with books was distinguished only to be censured."* It is but... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 דפים
...the characters of his readers made proper. That general knowledge which now circulates in common talk was in his time rarely to be found. Men not professing...the female world, any acquaintance with books was distinsuished only to be censured. His purpose was to infuse literary curiosity, by gentle and unsuspected... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 716 דפים
...the characters of his readers made proper. That general knowledge which now circulates in common talk was in his time rarely to be found. Men not professing...; and, in the female world, any acquaintance with hooks was distinguished only to be censured. His purpose was to infuse literary curiosity, by gentle... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 742 דפים
...That general knowledge which now circulates in common talk was in lus time rarely to be found. Mea lexander V. Blake hooks was distinguished only to be censured. His purpose was to infuse literary curiosity, by gentle... | |
 | 1841 - 474 דפים
...his indebtedness* to " honest old Montaigne." With these wretched models, and at a time " when men were not ashamed of ignorance, and in the female world...acquaintance with books was distinguished only to be censured,"t Addison and Steele changed the whole current of English literature, formed for themselves... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1842 - 716 דפים
...characters of his readers made proper. That general knowledge which now circulates i т common talk his friends, a man indeed not remarkable for moderation...prosperity, left a message, that he desired to see worfd, anv. acquaintance with books was distinguished only to be censured. His purpose was to infuse... | |
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That general knowledge which now circulates in common talk, was in his time rarely to be found. Men not professing learning were not ashamed of ignorance ; and, in the female world, any acquaintance with books was distinguished only to be censured. 
