 If the whole may be estimated by this specimen, which seems to be the production of Arbuthnot with a few touches perhaps by Pope, the want of more will not be much lamented; for the follies which the writer ridicules are so little practiced that they...  The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift... - Page 7de Jonathan Swift - 1813Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781
...difaftrous to polite letters. ' " " * " If the whole may be eftimated by this fpecimen, which feems to be the production of Arbuthnot, with a few touches...lamented ; for the follies which the writer ridicules are fe little practifed, that they are not known ; nor can the fatire be underftood - but by the learned... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 503 pages
...event very difaftrous to polite letters. If the whole may be eftimated by this fpecimen, which feems to be the production of Arbuthnot, with a few touches...lamented; for the follies which the writer ridicules are fo little practifed, that they are not known ; nor can the fatire be underftood but by the learned... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781
...event very difaftrous to polite letters. If the whole may be eftimated by this fpecimen, which fecms to be the production of Arbuthnot, with a few touches...lamented ; for the follies which the writer ridicules are fo little practifed,' that they are not known; nor can the fatire be underftood but by the learned... | |
 | James Thomson Callender - 1782 - 63 pages
...Memoirs of Scriblerus, the Doctor fays : ' If the ' .whole may be eftimated by this fpeeimen, which feems to be • the production of Arbuthnot, with a few...for • the follies which the writer ridicules, are fo little pra&ifecl, ' that they are not known ; nor can the fatire be underftood ' but by the learned... | |
 | James Boswell - 1786
...1855, p. 62. See ante, iv. 71. 3 ' The Memoirs of Scriblerus' says Johnson ( Works, viii. 298), ' seem to be the production of Arbuthnot, with a few touches, perhaps, by Pope.' Swift also was concerned in it. Johnson goes on to shew why 'this joint production of three great writers... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...event very difaftrous to polite letters. If the whole may be eftimated by this fpecimen, which feems to be the production of Arbuthnot, with a few touches...lamented; for the follies which the writer ridicules are fo little practifed, that they are not known; nor can the fatire be underftood but by tV learned: he... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...event very difaftrous to polite letters. If the whole may be eftimated by this fpecimen, which feems to be the production of Arbuthnot, with a few touches...lamented; for the follies which the writer ridicules are fo little practifed, that they are not known; nor can the fatire be underftood but by the learned:... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...event very difaftrous to polite letters. If the whole may be eftimated by this fpecimen, which feems to be the production of Arbuthnot, with a few touches perhaps by Pope, the want of more will not be ifluch lamented ; for the follies which the writer ridicules are fo little praftifed, that they are... | |
 | 1798
...the whole may be eftimated by this fpecimen, which feems to be the production of Arbuthnot, with n few touches perhaps by Pope, the want of more will...lamented ; for the follies which the writer ridicules are fo little practifed that they are not known ; nor can the fatire be understood but by the learned ;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800
...by this fpecimen, which feems to be the production of Arbuthnot, with a few touches perhaps by Pcpe, the Want of more will not be much lamented ; for the follies which the writer ridicules are fo little praftifed, that they are not known ; nor can the fatire be underftood but by the learned... | |
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