 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 394 pages
...necessary to write now, cannot be affirmed ; his instructions were such as the characters of his leaders made proper. That general knowledge which now circulates...talk, was in his time rarely to be found. Men not professing learning were not ashamed of ignorance ; and, in the female world, any acquaintance with... | |
 | George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...think it necessary to write now, cannot be affirmed : his instructions were such as the characters of his readers made proper. That general knowledge...common talk was in his time rarely to be found. Men not professing learning were not ashamed of ignorance ; and, in the female world, any acquaintance with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 pages
...would think it necessary to write now, cannot be affirmed ; his instructions were such as the character of his readers made proper. That general knowledge...talk, was in his time rarely to be found. Men not professing learning were not ashamed of ignorance ; and in the female world, any acquaintance with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 504 pages
...it necessary to write now, cannot be affirmed ; his instructions were such as the character of bis readers made proper. That general knowledge which...talk, was in his time rarely to be found. Men not professing learning were not ashamed of ignorance ; and, in the female world, any acquaintance with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1826 - 430 pages
...would think it necessary to write now, cannot be affirmed: his instructions were such as the characters of his readers made proper. That general knowledge...talk was in his time .rarely to be found. Men not professing learning were not ashamed of ignorance ; ami, in the female world, any acquaintance with... | |
 | Walter Wilson - 1830 - 558 pages
...mental improvement, was thought by many in the upper classes to be beneath the dignity of a gentleman. " That general knowledge which now circulates in common...talk, was in his time rarely to be found. Men, not professing learning, were not ashamed of ignorance ; and in the female world, any acquaintance with... | |
 | Walter Wilson - 1830 - 548 pages
...mental improvement, was thought by many in the upper classes to be beneath the dignity of a gentleman. " That general knowledge which now circulates in common...talk, was in his time rarely to be found. Men, not professing learning, were not ashamed of ignorance; and iu the female world, any acquaintance with... | |
 | Walter Wilson - 1830 - 560 pages
...in common talk, was in his time rarely to be found. Men, not professing learning, were not ashamed of ignorance; and in the female world, any acquaintance with books was distinguished only to be censured."* It is but little to the credit of those who carried away the learning... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pages
...think it necessary to write now, cannot be affirmed : his instructions were such as the characters had been disgusted ; and Bolingbroke says in his...Dear Mat, hide the nakedness of thy country, and professing learning were not ashamed of ignorance ; and, in the female world, any acquaintance with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1840 - 522 pages
...think it necessary to write now, cannot be affirmed ; his instructions were such as the characters of his readers made proper. That general knowledge...common talk was in his time rarely to be found. Men not professing learning were not ashamed of ignorance ; and, in the female world, any acquaintance with... | |
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That general knowledge which now circulates in common talk, was in his time rarely to be found. Men not professing learning were not ashamed of ignorance ; and, in the female world, any acquaintance with books was distinguished only to be censured. 
