| Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 652 pages
...objected to Johnfon, was firft afTumed in the Rambler. His Dictionary was going on at the fame time, and, in the courfe of that work, as he grew familiar with...the bulk of his readers were equally learned; or at leaft would admire the fplendour and dignity of the ftyle. And yet it is well known, that he praifed... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...at the same time, and in the course of that work, as he grew familiar with technical and scholastic words, he thought that the bulk of his readers were equally learned ; or at least would admire the splendour and dignity of the style.' Murphy's Johnson, p. 156. 1 The observation... | |
| James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...at the same time, and in the course of that work, as he grew familiar with technical and scholastic words, he thought that the bulk of his readers were equally learned ; or at least would admire the splendour and dignity of the style.' Murphy's Johnson, p. 156. 1 The observation... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 506 pages
...at the same time, and, in the course of that work, as he grew familiar with technical and scholastic words, he thought that the bulk of his readers were equally learned ; or at least would admire the splendour and dignity of the style. And yet it is well known, that he praised... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 368 pages
...the same time ; and, in the course of that work, as he grew familiar with technical and scholastic words, he thought that the bulk of his readers were equally learned j or, at least, would admire the splendour and dignity of the style. And yet ft is well known, that... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 436 pages
...course of that work, as he grew 160 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND familiar with technical and scholastic words, he thought that the bulk of his readers were equally learned; or at least would admire the splendour and dignity of the style. And yet it is well known, that he praised... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - Authors, English - 1823 - 450 pages
...at the same time, and, in the course of that work, as he grew familiar with technical and scholastic words, he thought that the bulk of his readers were equally learned; or at least would admire the splendour and dignity of the style. And yet it is well known, that he praised... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 574 pages
...at the same time, and, in the course of that work, as he grew familiar with technical and scholastic words, he thought that the bulk of his readers were equally learned; or at least vtfould admire the splendour and dignity of the style. And yet it is well known, that he praised... | |
| Samuel Taylor Johnson - Literary Collections - 1825 - 508 pages
...at the same time, and, in the course of that work, as he grew familiar with technical and scholastic words, he thought that the bulk of his readers were equally learned; or, at least, would admire the splendour and dignity of the style. And yet it is well known, that he praised,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 514 pages
...at the same time, and, in the course of that work, as he grew familiar with technical and scholastic words, he thought that the bulk of his readers were equally learned ; or, at least, would admire the splendour and dignity of the style. And yet it is well known, that he praised,... | |
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