| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 484 pages
...Before the Tatler and Spectator, if the writers for the theatre are excepted, England had no mafters of common life. No writers had yet undertaken to reform either the favagenefs of neglect, or the impertinence of civility ; to teach when to fpeak, or to be filent i... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 254 pages
...Before the Tatler and "Spectator,. if the writers for the theatre are excepted, England had no mafters of common life. No writers had yet undertaken to reform either the favagenefs of negledr, er the impertinence of civility ; to teach when when to fpeak, or to be filent... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 254 pages
...Before the Tatlep and Spectator, if the writers for the theatre are excepted, England had no mafters of common life. No writers had yet undertaken to reform either the favagenefs of neglect, er the impertinence of civility; to teach when to fpeak, or to be fileht; how... | |
| samuel johnson - 1781 - 258 pages
...Before the Tatler and Spectator, if the writers for the theatre are excepted, England had no matters of common life. No writers had yet undertaken to reform either the favagenefs of neglect, er the impertinence of civility -, .to teach Z 8 ADDISO N. \vhen to fpeak, or... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 444 pages
...Before the Tatler and Spectator, if the writers for the theatre are excepted, England had no maflers of common life. No writers had yet undertaken to reform either the favagenefs of neglect, or the im» pertinence of civility ; to fhew when to fpeak, or to be filent;... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...4ys, kc. N. • -nor . taken undertaken to reform either the savageness of neglect, or the impertinead of civility ; to shew when to speak, or to be silent ; how to refuse" or !.->i' comply. We had many books to teach us our more important duties, atodto settle, opinions in... | |
| Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 424 pages
...Before the Tatler and Spectator, if the writers for the theatre are excepted, England had no rnafters of common life. No writers had yet undertaken to reform either the favagenefs of neglect, or the impertinence of civility ; to fliew when to fpeak, or to be lilent ;... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 536 pages
...Before the Tatler and Spectator, if the writers for the theatre are excepted, England had no mafters of common life. No writers had yet undertaken to reform either the favagenefs of neglect, or the impertinence of civility; to fhq)fr when to Ipeak, or to be filent ;... | |
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