| Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 716 páginas
...sun; but Pope's excavation was requisite as an entrance to his garden, and as some men try to be proud of their defects, he extracted an ornament from an...and childish ; whether it be that men conscious of great reputation think themselves above the reacli of censure, and safe in the admission of negligent... | |
| 1839 - 742 páginas
...* * * The excavation was necessary ns an entrance to his garden ; and, as some men try to be proud of their defects, he extracted an ornament from an...produced a grotto, where necessity enforced a passage." And quite right too. It was a little spark of the true philosophy, after all ; and men in general would... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1840 - 426 páginas
...* * * The excavation was necessary as an entrance to his garden ; and, as some men try to be proud of their defects, he extracted an ornament from an...produced a grotto, where necessity enforced a passage." And quite right too. It was a little spark of the true philosophy, after all ; and men in general would... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 742 páginas
...excavation was requisite as an entrance to his garden, and as some men try to be proud of their defect«, he extracted an ornament from an inconvenience, and...produced a grotto where necessity enforced a passage. It mav be frequently remarked of the studious and speculative, that they are proud of trifles, and that... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 522 páginas
...but Pope's excavation was requisite as an entrance to his garden, and, as gome men try to be proud of their defects, he extracted an ornament from an inconvenience, and vanity produced a his critics were, their writings are lost; and the names which are preserved, are preserved in the... | |
| H. M. Melford - 1841 - 466 páginas
...children ; the infantine actions of some children evince a simplicity of character. It may frequently be remarked of the studious and speculative that they...that their amusements seem frivolous and childish. . (Johnson.) They have spoiled the walls with childish sentences, that consist often in a jingle of... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1842 - 716 páginas
...but I'ope's excavation was requisite as an entrance to his garden, and as some men try to be proud of their defects, he extracted an ornament from an...speculative, that they are proud of trifles, and that thi'ir amusements seem frivolous and childish ; whether it be that men conscious of great reputation... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 718 páginas
...; hut Pope's excavation was requisite as an entrance to his garden, and as some men try to be proud of their defects, he extracted an ornament from an...grotto where necessity enforced a passage. It may he frequently remarked of the studious and speculative, that they are proud of trifles, and that their... | |
| James Boswell - 1843 - 588 páginas
...excavation was requisite as an entrance to his garden; and ns some men try to be prond of their defect", he extracted an ornament from an inconvenience, and...produced a grotto where necessity enforced a passage." 'I In- — and a good deal more of the same tone follows — is surely treating a trilling circumstance... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 714 páginas
...; but Pope's excavation was requisite as an entrance to his garden, and as some men try to be proud of their defects, he extracted an ornament from an...amusements seem frivolous and childish; whether it be that mm conscious of great reputation think themselves above the reach of censure, and sale in the admission... | |
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