 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 478 σελίδες
...and invectives •** againft religion, and would therefore never ** be able to fhine, or diftinguifh themfelves, *' upon any other fubject? We are daily...decline of wit " among us, and would take away the greatM eft, perhaps the only, topick we have left. ?' Who would ever have fufpected Afgill for *' a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 602 σελίδες
...and would therefore never " be able to fhine, or diftinguifh themfelves, *'" upon any other fubje&? We are daily " complaining of the great decline of wit " among us, and would take away the great" eft, perhaps the only, topick we have left. " Who would ever have fufpected Afgill for " a wit,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1784 - 498 σελίδες
...raillery and invectives againft religion, and would therefore never be able to fhine, or diftinguifh themfelves upon any other fubject ? 'We are daily...of the great decline of wit among us ; and, would we take away the greateft, perhaps the only topic we have left r' Who would ever have fufpe&ed Afgil... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 332 σελίδες
...be able " to fhine, or diftinguifh themfelves, upon " any other fubjcft? We are daily complain" ing of the great decline of wit among us, and " would take away the greateft, perhaps tlie "only, topick we have left. Who would " ever have fufpefted Afgill for a wit, or " Toland for... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 σελίδες
...religion, and would therefore never be able to shine, or distinguish themselves, upon any other subject ? We are daily complaining of the great decline of wit among us, and would take away the greatest, perhaps the only, topick we have left. Who would ever have suspected Asgill for,a wit, or... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 488 σελίδες
...religion, and would therefore never be able to shine or distinguish themselves, upon any other subject! we are daily complaining of the great decline of wit among us, and would we take away the greatest, perhaps the only topick we have left ? who would ever have suspected Asgil... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 σελίδες
...religion, and would therefore never « be able to shine, or distinguish themselves, upon any othersubject ? We " are daily complaining of the great decline of wit among us, and would " take away the greatest, perhaps the only, topick we have left. Who " would ever have suspected Asgill for,a wit,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 σελίδες
...and would therefore never be able to " shine, or distinguish themselves, upon any other " subject ! We are daily complaining of the great " decline of wit among us, and would take away " the greatest, perhaps the only, topick we have '' left. Who would ever have suspected Asgill for (' a wit,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 560 σελίδες
...religion, and would therefore never be able to shine, or distinguish themselves, upon any other subject? We are daily complaining of the great decline of wit among us, and would take away the greatest, perhaps the only, topic we have left. Who would ever have suspected Asgill for a wit, or... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 σελίδες
...would therefore never be able to » *' shine, or distinguish themselves, upon any other *.* *' subject! We are daily complaining of the great *' decline of wit among us, and would take away *( the greatest, perhaps the only, topick we have ^ left. Who would ever have suspected Asgill for " a wit,... | |
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What wonderful productions of wit should we be deprived of, from those whose genius by continual practice hath been wholly turned upon raillery and invectives against religion, and would therefore never be able to shine or distinguish themselves upon... 
