 He that instructs must offer to the mind something to be imitated, or something to be avoided ; he that pleases must offor new images to his reader, and enable him to form a tacit comparison of his own state with that of others. • The greater part of...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Pàgina 43per Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 442 pàgines
...offer to the mind fomething to be. imitated, or fomething to be avoided; he that 1 ! cafes muil oiler new images to his reader, and enable him to form a tacit comparifon of his own ftate v.ith that of others, The T HE IDL Eft. 387 The greater part of travellers... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 430 pàgines
...offer to the mind fomething to be imitated, or fomething to be avoided; he that pleafes muft offer new images to his reader, and enable him to form a tacit comparifon of his own ftate with that of others. The greater part of travellers tell nothing, betaufe... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 432 pàgines
...offer to the mind fotnethiug to. be imitated, or fomething to be avoided; he that pleafes muft offer new images to. his reader, and enable him to form a tacit comparifon of his own ftate with that of others, The The greater part of travellers tell nothing, be*... | |
 | 1787 - 528 pàgines
...offer to the miml fomething to be imitated, or fumethiu^ to be avoided; he that picales mull offer new images to his reader, and enable him to form a tacit companion of his own (late with that of others. The greater part of travellers tell nothing, becaufe... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 432 pàgines
...others. The greater part of travellers tell nothing, be^ caufe their method of travelling fupplies them with nothing to be told. He that enters a town at night and furveys it in the morning, and then haftens away to another place, and guefles at the manners of the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 410 pàgines
...offer to the mind something to be imitated, or something to be avoided ; he that pleases must offer new images to his reader, and enable him to form a...travelling supplies them with nothing to be told. Me that enters a town at night and surveys it in the morning, and then hastens away to another place,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pàgines
...offer to the mind something to be imitated, or something to be avoided ; he that pleases must offer new images to his reader, and enable him to form a...surveys, it in the morning, and then hastens away to anothei- place, and guesses at the manners of the inhabitants by the entertainment which his inn afforded... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 430 pàgines
...offer to the mind something to be imitated, or something to be avoided ; he that pleases must offer new images to his reader, and enable him to form a tacit comparison of his own state witli that of others. The greater part of travellers tell nothing, because their method of travelling... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 762 pàgines
...offer to the mind something to be imitated or something to be avoided ; he that pleases must offer new images to his reader, and enable him to form a...nothing to be told. He that enters a town at night and survevs it in the morning, and then hastens away to another place, and guesses at the manners of the... | |
 | Lady of rank - 1824 - 408 pàgines
...Friend. All "filthy dowlas," Madam! Why, those are the very titles adopted by the swarm of tourists, who tell nothing, because their method of travelling supplies them with nothing to be told, and in whose volumes there is not any thing to be found, but such general accounts as leave no distinct... | |
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