| Samuel Johnson - 1752 - 326 pages
...performance. Some are too indolent sarrfl to to read any thing, till its reputation is eflablifh'd; others too envious to promote that fame, which gives them pain by its increafe. What is new is oppofed, becaufe moft are unwilling to be taught; and what is known is rejected,... | |
| 1785 - 596 pages
...any new performance. Some are too indolent to read any thing, till it's reputation is ellablifhed ; others too envious to promote that fame which gives them pain by it's increafe. What is new is oppofed, becaufe moft are unwilling to be taught ; and what is known... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 466 pages
...any new performance. Some are too indolent to read any thing, till its' reputation is eftablifhed ; others too envious to promote that fame which gives them pain by its increafe. What is new is oppofed, becaufe moftare unwilling to be taught ; and what is known is rejected,... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...any new performance. Some are too indolent to read any thing, till its reputation is eftablifhed ; others too envious to promote that fame which gives them pain by its increafe. What is new is oppofed, becaule moftare unwilling to be taught; and what is known is rejected,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 626 pages
...of any new performance. Some are too indolent to read any thing, till its reputation is eftablifhed; others too envious to promote that fame which gives them pain by its increafe. What is new is oppofed, becaufe moft are unwilling to be taught ; and what is known is rejected,... | |
| 1801 - 342 pages
...any new performance. Some are too indolent to read any thing, till its reputation is eftablifhed ; others too envious to promote that fame which gives them pain by its increafe. What is new is oppofed, becaufe moft are unwilling to be taught ; and what is known is rejected,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 pages
...is known is rejected, becaufe it is not fufficiently confidered, that men more frequently require tb be reminded than informed. The learned are afraid to declare their opinion early, left they mould put their reputation in hazard; the ignorant always imagine themfelves giving fomc... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 pages
...any new performance. Some are too indolent to read any thing, till its reputation is eftablifhed ; others too envious to promote that fame which gives them pain by its increafe. What is new is oppofed, becaufe moft are unwilling to be taught ; and what is knowa is re-... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 380 pages
...prejudices, which preclude their approbation of any new performance. Some are too indolent to read any thing, till its reputation is established ; others too envious...; and what is known is rejected, because it is not sufficently considered, that men more frequently require to be reminded than informed. The learned... | |
| 1806 - 348 pages
...prejudices, which preclude their approbation of any new performance. Some are too indolent to read any thing, till its reputation is established ; others too envious...; and what is known is rejected, because it is not sufficently considered, that men more frequently require to be reminded than informed. The learned... | |
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