A transition from an author's book to his conversation, is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant prospect. Remotely, we see nothing but spires of temples and turrets of palaces, and imagine it the residence of... The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Página 94por Samuel Johnson - 1801Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Samuel Johnson - 1750 - 296 páginas
...bodies, wiihout admiting their conceptions to mix in the circulation. A tranfition from an author's books to his converfation, is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a diftant profpect. Remotely, we fee nothing but fpires of temples, and turrets of palaces, and imagine it the... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1752 - 326 páginas
...without admitting their conccptions to mix in the circulation. A TRANSITION from an author's books to bis converfation, is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a diftant profpec":. Remotely, we fee nothing but fpires of temples, and turrets of palaces, and imagine it the... | |
| Giuseppe Baretti - 1778 - 470 páginas
...books to his converfation, is too often like an entrance into a large city after a diftant profpect. Remotely we fee nothing but fpires of temples and turrets of palaces, and imagine it the refidenceoffplendor,gran deur,and magnificence; but when we have paffed the gates we find it perplexed... | |
| 1785 - 596 páginas
...their conceptions to mix in the circulation. A traniition from an author's book to his converlátion is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a uiltant profpeft. Remotely, we fee nothing but fpircs of temples, and turrets of palaces, and imagine... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...as heterogeneous bodies, without admitting their conceptions to mix in the circulation. A tranfuion from an author's book to his converfation, is too...like an entrance into a large city, after a diftant profpect. Remotely, we fee nothing but fpires of temples, and turrets of palaces, and imagine it the... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 626 páginas
...be without that readinefs of conception, and affluence of language, always necefiary to colloquial entertainment. They may want addrefs to watch the...like an entrance into a large city, after a diftant profpect. Remotely, we fee nothing but fpires of temples, and turrets of palaces, and imagine it the... | |
| William Seward - 1799 - 376 páginas
...and excellent fimilies in the Englifh language *, * " A tranfition from an author's book to ' " tion is too often like an entrance into a large city after...temples and turrets of palaces, and imagine it the refi" dence of fplendour, grandeur, and magnificence ; but '' when we have pafled the gates we find... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 páginas
...converfation offers for the difplay of their particular attain* tnents, or they may be fo much unfurntfhed with matter on common fubjects, that difcourfe not...like an entrance into a large city, after a diftant profpect. Remotely, we fee nothing but fpires of temples and turrets of palaces, and imagine it the... | |
| 1801 - 342 páginas
...attainments,. or they may be fo much unfurnifhed with matter on common fubjects, that difcourfe not profeffedly literary glides over them as heterogeneous bodies,...like an entrance into a large city, after a diftant profpect. Remotely we fee nothing but fpires of temples and turrets of palaces, and imagine it the... | |
| 1803 - 322 páginas
...their conceptions to mix ii\ the circulation. A transition from an authbr's book to his conversation is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant prospect. Remotely, we see nothing but spires of temples, and turrets of palaces, and imagine... | |
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