 Such are the things which this journey has given me an opportunity of seeing, and such are the reflections which that sight has raised. Having passed my time almost wholly in cities, I may have been surprised by modes of life and appearances of nature,...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Σελίδα 416των Samuel Johnson - 1801Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1872 - 458 σελίδες
...subjects he touches upon. " Novelty and ignorance must always be reciprocal, and 1 cannot but be conscious that my thoughts on national manners are the thoughts of one who nas seen but little." We have now considered all his prose writings, except the ' Lives of the Poets'... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 534 σελίδες
...apology, in the last paragraph of his book, avowing with candour : " That he may have been surprised by modes of life, and appearances of nature, that are familiar to men of wider survey, and more varied conversation. Novelty and ignorance must always be reciprocal : and he is conscious... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1884 - 538 σελίδες
...apology, in the last paragraph of his book, avowing with candour: " That he may have been surprised by modes of life, and appearances of nature, that are familiar to men of wider survey, and more varied conversation. Novelty and ignorance must always be reciprocal: and he is conscious... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi, Richard Cumberland - 1884 - 490 σελίδες
...apology, in the last paragraph of his book, avowing with candour : " That he may have been surprised b' modes of life, and appearances of nature, that are familiar to men of wider survey, and more varied conversation. Novelty and ignorance must always be reciprocal : and he is conscious... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 652 σελίδες
...away. ' Johnson modestly ended his account of the tour by saying : — ' I cannot but be conscious that my thoughts on national manners are the thoughts of one who has seen but little.' Works, ix. 161. See Boswell's Hebrides, Nov. 22. ' See/*. Oct. 21. father wrote the... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1897 - 512 σελίδες
...apology in the last paragraph of his book, avowing with candour, ' That he may have been surprized by modes of life, and appearances of nature, that are familiar to men of wider survey, and more varied conversation. Novelty and ignorance must always be reciprocal ; and he is conscious... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1897 - 550 σελίδες
...apology in the last paragraph of his book, avowing with candour, ' That he may have been surprized by modes of life, and appearances of nature, that are familiar to men of wider survey, and more varied conversation. Novelty and ignorance must always be reciprocal ; and he is conscious... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1906 - 270 σελίδες
...which that sight has raised. Having passed my time almost wholly in cities, I may have been surprised by modes of life and appearances of nature that are familiar to men of wider survey and more varied conversation. Novelty and ignorance must always be reciprocal, and I cannot... | |
 | John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 436 σελίδες
...which that sight has raised. Having passed my time almost wholly in cities, I may have been surprised by modes of life and appearances of nature, that are familiar to men of wider survey and more varied conversation. Novelty and ignorance must always be reciprocal, and I cannot... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1924 - 562 σελίδες
...which thatl sight has raised. Having passed my time almost wholly in cities, I may have been surprised by modes of life and appearances of nature, that are familiar to men of wider survey and more varied conversation. Novelty and ignorance must always be reciprocal, and I cannot... | |
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