 It is not uncommon for those who have grown wise by the labour of others to add a little of their own, and overlook their masters. Addison is now despised by some who perhaps would never have seen his defects, but by the lights which he afforded them.  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 138by Samuel Johnson - 1820Full view - About this book
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1866 - 932 pages
...to excellence which congenial minds are ever anxious to pay. " It is not uncommon," says Johnson, " for those who have grown wise by the labour of others to add a little of their own, and overlook their master's. Addison is now despised by some, who, perhaps, would never have seen his defects but by the... | |
 | John Henry Newman - Church history - 1872 - 474 pages
...expression, and glitter of decoration prevailed over the bold and manly eloquence of free Rome. i " It is not uncommon for those who have grown wise by...others, to add a little of their own, and overlook their master." — Johnson. We have before compared Cicero to Addison as regards the purpose of inspiring... | |
 | William John Courthope - 1884 - 202 pages
...critic the following observations of Johnson — not a very favourable judge — may be commended : " It is not uncommon for those who have grown wise by...perhaps would never have seen his defects but by the light he afforded them. That he always wrote as he would write now cannot be affirmed ; his instructions... | |
 | George Saintsbury - English language - 1885 - 430 pages
...condemned as tentative or experimental, rather than scientific ; and he is considered as deciding by taste rather than by principles. It is not uncommon, for those who have grown wise-by the labour of others, to add a little of their own, and overlook their masters. Addison is... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1888 - 360 pages
...in spending it, that she throws it away with great profusion." ' Boswell's Life of Johnson, iii. 3. IT is not uncommon for those who have grown wise by...a little of their own and overlook their masters. Works, vii. 47o. Mean minds : IT is dangerous for mean minds to venture themselves within the sphere... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1890 - 474 pages
...tentative or experi- J^-"" mental, rather than scientifick, and he is considered as deciding by taste rather than by principles. It is not uncommon for those who have grown wise by e labour of others, to add a little of their own, and over>ok their masters.1 Addison is now despised... | |
 | Alfred Ainger - 1895 - 654 pages
...the following observations of Johnson — not a very favourable judge — may be commended : — " It is not uncommon for those who have grown wise by...overlook their masters. Addison is now despised by Borne who perhaps would never have seen his defects but by the light he afforded them. That he always... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Wight Duff - English poetry - 1900 - 318 pages
...condemned as tentative or experimental rather than scientific, and he is considered as deciding by taste rather than by principles. It is not uncommon for...the labour of others to add a little of their own 5 and overlook their masters. Addison is now despised by some who perhaps would never have seen his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1905 - 456 pages
...experimental rather than scientifick, and he is considered as deciding by taste rather than by principles6. It is not uncommon for those who have grown wise by the 160 1 Works, i. 10, 38, 83-139. the praise of correctness." ' 'Addison seemed to value himself 4 Works,... | |
 | John Henry Newman - English literature - 1907 - 366 pages
...characterized their i De Clar. Orat. 75. 2 Dialog, de Oral. 20 apud Tacit, and 22; Quinct. x, 2. 3 " It is not uncommon for those who have grown wise by...others, to add a little of their own, and overlook their master." — Johnson. We have before compared Cicero to Audison as regards the purpose of inspiring... | |
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