 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1779 - 510 pages
...which they had little or no notion before ; and though we cannot yet fay that any of them have come op to the beauties of the original, I think we may venture...that every one of them writes and thinks much more juftly than they did forae time fir.ce.' Next follow?, " A Moden Enquiry into the Reafons of trie Joy... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 490 pages
...wits and men of letters upon a new way of thinking, of which they had little or no notion before ; and though we cannot yet say that any of them have come up tothe beauties of the original, I think we may venture to affirm, that every one of them writes and... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 434 pages
...the greatest scholar and best casuist of any man in England. they had littie or no notion before; and though we cannot yet say that any of them have come up 10 the beauties of the original, I think we may venturf to affirm, that every one of them writes and... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 420 pages
...of letters upon a new way of thinking, of which they had little or no notion before ; and though tve cannot yet say that any of them have come up to the...think we may venture to affirm, that every one of them imtes and thinks much more justly than tltey did some time since*." Of the almost immediate utility... | |
 | 1810 - 438 pages
...and men of letters upon anew way of thinking, of which they but had little or no notion before — Every one of them writes and thinks much more justly than they did some time since.' Some facts, however, relative to this period, have escaped his industry. Budgell declares that 20,000... | |
 | 1809 - 448 pages
...upon a nc-*- Way of thinking, of which they h:ul hut little or no notion hefore — Kvery one of tliem writes and thinks much more justly than they did some time since." Some facts, however, relative to this period, have escaped his industry, iludgell declares, that 20,00u... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1813 - 384 pages
...wits and men of letters upon a new way of thinking, of which they had Kttle or Do notion before ; and though we Cannot yet say that any of them have come...variety of subjects which he has treated of in So diflereat a manner, and yet all so perfectly well, made the world believe that it was impossible they... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 372 pages
...wits and men of letters upon a new way of thinking, of which they had little or no notion before ; and though we cannot yet say that any of them have come...thinks much more justly than they did some time since.' " Of the almost immediate utility accruing to manners and literature from the circulation of the Tatler,... | |
 | English essays - 1823 - 380 pages
...wits and men of letters upon a new way of thinking, of which they had little or no notion before ; and though we cannot yet say that any of them have come...think we may venture to affirm, that every one of Ihem writes and thinks much more justly than they did some time since.' " Of the almost immediate utility... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 780 pages
...wits and men of letters upon a new way of thinking, of which they had little or no notion before ; and though we cannot yet say that any of them have come...more justly than they did some time since." — The Present State of Wit ; in a, ~Lettcr to a Friend in the Country, by the poet Gay. First printed in... | |
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England. .Lastly, his writings have set all our wits and men of letters upon a new way of thinking, of which they had little or no notion before ; nnd though we cannot yet say that any of them have come up to the beauties of the original, I think we may... 
