 | Edmund Gosse - 1889 - 462 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 topic we have left ? Who would ever have suspected Asgill... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1890 - 480 σελίδες
...religion, and would therefore never be able to shine, or distinguish themselves, upon any other subject r1 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... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1891 - 440 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 topic we have left ? Who would ever have suspected Asgill... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1891 - 462 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 topic we have left ? Who would ever have suspected Asgill... | |
 | James Hay - 1891 - 390 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, topic we have left ? Who would ever have suspected Asgil... | |
 | Gerald Patrick Moriarty - 1893 - 388 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 we would take away the greatest, perhaps the only topic we have left." Secondly, Swift notices the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1894 - 116 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hepburn Millar - 1896 - 316 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 we would take away the greatest, perhaps the only, topic we have left. Who would ever have suspected... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 348 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 the greatest, perhaps the only topick we have left ? who would have ever suspected Asgyll for... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 346 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 the greatest, perhaps the only topick we have left ? who would have ever suspected Asgyll for... | |
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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... 
