 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 страници
...from the field which it refreshes. To judge rightly of an author, we must transport ourselves to bis time, and examine what were the wants of his contemporaries, and what were his means of supplying them. That which is easy at one time was difficult at another. Dryden at least imported his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1835 - 476 страници
...rise from the field which it refreshes. To judge rightly of an author, we must transport ourselves te his time, and examine what were the wants of his contemporaries, and what were his means of supplying them. That which is easy at one time was difficult at another. Dryden at least imported his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 страници
...rise from the field which it refreshes. To judge rightly of an author, we must transport ourselves te submission, without endeavouring to discover the reason of his determinations ; and this he supplying them. That which is easy at one time was difficult at another. Dryden at least imported his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 742 страници
...rise from the field which it refreshes. To judge rightly of an author, we must transport ourselves been explained. supplying them. That which is easy at one lime was difficult at another. Dryden at least imported his... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1840 - 972 страници
...test. ' To judge rightly of an author,' observes the last great writer, 'we must transport ourselves to his time, and examine what were the wants of his contemporaries, and what were his means of supplying them. That which is easy at one time was difficult at another.' " In the number and variety... | |
 | Daniel Defoe, William Hazlitt - 1840 - 784 страници
...test. ' To judge rightly of an author,' observes the last great writer, ' we must transport ourselves to his time, and examine what were the wants of his contemporaries, and what were his means of supplying them. That which is easy at one time was difficult at another.' range of human speculation.... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1840 - 792 страници
...'To l| judge rightly of an author,' observes the last great writer, 'we must transport ourselves ¡| to his time, and examine what were the wants of his contemporaries, and what were Ы* means of supplying them. That which is easy at one time was difficult at another.' range of human... | |
 | 1845 - 816 страници
...to teach them." And he adds wisely — " To judge rightly of an author, we must transport ourselves to his time, and examine what were the wants of his contemporaries, and what were his means of supplying them. That which is easy at one time was difficult at another." Let us, then, examine some... | |
 | 1845 - 842 страници
...to teach them." And he adds wisely — " To judge rightly of an author, we must transport ourselves to his time, and examine what were the wants of his contemporaries, and what were his means of supplying them. That which is easy at one time was difficult at another." Let us, then, examine some... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1851 - 360 страници
...vanish from remembrance. Ltfe O f Eryden. To judge rightly of an author, we must transport ourselves to his time, and examine what were the wants of his contemporaries, and what were his means of supplying them. That which is easy at one time .was difficult at another. HM. The two most engaging... | |
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To judge rightly of an author, we must transport ourselves to his time, and examine what were the wants of his contemporaries, and what were his means of supplying them. 
