| Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 428 páginas
...the laft bounteous Year, how many can be faid to ferve any Purpofe of Ufe or Pleafure? The only Eivi of writing is to enable the Readers better to enjoy...Life, or better to endure it : and how will either of thofe be put more in our Power by him who tells us, that we are Puppets, of which fome Creature not... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 392 páginas
...the laft bounteous Year, how many can be faid to ferveany Purpofe of Ufe or Pleafure ? The only End of writing is to enable the Readers better to enjoy...Life, or better to endure it : and how will either of thofe be put more in our Power by him who tells us, that we are Puppets, of which fome Creature not... | |
| 1774 - 390 páginas
...many pan be, fafd to ferve any Purpofe of Ufe or Pleafure ? .The only.Tind of writing is to en- ^ able the Readers better to enjoy Life, or better to endure .it : and how will either of thofe be put more in our Power by him who tells us, that we are Puppets, of which fome Creature not... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 550 páginas
...the laft bounteous year, how many can be faid to ferve any purpofe of ufe or pleafure? The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy...life, or better to endure it : and how will either of thofe be put more in our power by him who tells us, that we are puppets, of which fome creature not... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 páginas
...the laft bounteous year, how many can be faid to ferve any purpofe of ufe or pleafure? The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy...life, or better to endure it : and how will either of thofe be put more in our power by him who tells us, that we are puppets, of which fbme creature not... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 424 páginas
...the laft bounteous year, how many can be faid to ferve any purpofe of ufe or pleafure ? The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy...life, or better to endure it : and how will either of thofe be put more in our power by him who tells us that we are puppets, of which fome creature not... | |
| Percy Hazen Houston - 1923 - 346 páginas
...remains one of the most vigorous denunciations of naturalistic pessimism ever penned. "The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy life, or better to endure it: how will either of those be put more in our power by him who tells us that we are puppets, of which... | |
| 1926 - 916 páginas
...more understandable to his fellow mortals. Socrates: "The only end of writing," said Doctor Johnson, "is to enable the readers better to enjoy life, or better to endure it." Do you agree with that? Catholicus: Y — es. But why go back to the eighteenth century? Socrates:... | |
| Christopher Hollis - 1928 - 240 páginas
...the last bounteous year how many can be said to serve any purpose of use or pleasure ? The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy...life or better to endure it : and how will either of these be put more in our power by him who tells us that we are puppets of which some creature not much... | |
| 1927 - 924 páginas
...more understandable to his fellow mortals. Socrates: "The only end of writing," said Doctor Johnson, "is to enable the readers better to enjoy life, or better to endure it." Do you agree with that? Catholicus: Y — es. But why go back to the eighteenth century? Socrates:... | |
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