 fecond could be made; it was read by the high and the low, the learned and illiterate. Criticifm was for a while loft in wonder; no rules of judgement were applied to a book written in open defiance of truth and regularity. But when  The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces - Page 61by Samuel Johnson - 1781Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 602 pages
...amazement. It was received with fuch avidity, that the price of the firft edition was raifed before the fecond could be made; it was read by the high and the low, the learned and illiterate. terate. Criticifm was for a while loft in wonder ; no rules of judgement were applied to a book written... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 454 pages
...amazement. It was received with fuch avidity, that the price of the firft edition was raifed before the fecond could be made; it was read by the high and the low, the learned and illiterate. terate. Criticifm was for a while loft in wonder ; no rules of judgement were applied to a book written... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 450 pages
...received with fuch .avidity, that the price of the firft edition was raifecl tiefore the fccond could b« made; It was read by the high and the low, the learned...in open defiance of truth and regularity. But when diftinctions came to be made, the part which gave leaft pjeafure was that which llefcribes the Flying... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 332 pages
...amazement. It was received with fuch avidity, that the price of the firft edition was raifed before the fecond could be made ; it was read by the high and...in open defiance of truth and regularity. But when diftindYions came to be made, the part which gave leaft pleafure was that which defcribes the Flying... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 422 pages
...amazement. It was received with fuch avidity, that the price of the firft edition was raifed before the fecond could be made; it was read by the high and...wonder; no rules of judgement were applied to a book writren in open defiance of truth and regularity. But when diftinctions came to be made, the part which... | |
 | 1794 - 954 pages
...price of the firft edition was raifed before the fécond could be made. It was read by the bigh zná the low, the learned and illiterate. Criticifm was for a while loft in wonder ; no rules of judgment were applied to a book, written in open defiance of truth and regularity. But when ciiiaciicns... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...and amazement. It was received with such avidity, that the first edition was raised before the second could be made ; it was read by the high and the low, the learned and illiterate. Criticism was for a while lost in wonder; no rules of judgment were applied to a book written in f^pendefiance... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 418 pages
...amazement. It was received with fuch avidity, that the price of the firft edition was raifed before the fecond could be made; it was read by the high and...in open defiance of truth and regularity. But when diftinctions came to be made, the part which gave the kaft pleafure was that which defcribes the Flying... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 374 pages
...It was received with such avidity, that the price of the first edition was raised before the second could be made; it was read by the high and the low, the learned and illiterate. Criticism was for a while lost in wonder. No rules of judgment were applied to a book written in open... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 524 pages
...It was received with such avidity, that the price of the first edition was raised before the second could be made; it was read by the high and the low, the learned and illiterate. Criticism was for a while lost in wonder. No rules of judgment were applied to a book written in open... | |
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