 | 1785 - 596 pàgines
...objecb, and to cxiH from tne mais of mankind thofe individuals upon which the attention ought moft to be employed; as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be poliihcd by art, and placed in fitch a foliation a* to difplay that luftre which before was buried... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...objects, and to cull from the mafs of mankind, thofe individuals upon which the attention ought moft to be employed ; as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polifhed by art, and placed in fuch a fituation, as to difplay that luftre which before was buried... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 466 pàgines
...objects, and to . cull from the mafs of mankind, thofe individuals upon which the attention ought moft to be employed ; as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polifhed by art, and placed in fuch a fituation, as todifplay that luftre which before was bufied among... | |
 | Charles Moore (rector of Cuxton.) - 1790 - 482 pàgines
...objects, and to cuil from the mafs of mankind, " thofe individuals upon whom the attention « ought moft to be employed ;"— as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be poliihed by art, and placed in fuch a fituation, as to difplay that luftre, which "before was buried... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 626 pàgines
...objects, and to cull from the mafs of mankind, thofe individuals upon which the attention ought moft to be employed; as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polifhed by art, and placed in fuch a fituation, as to difplay that luftre which before was buried... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 pàgines
...objects, and to cull from the mafs of mankind, thofe individuals upon which the attention ought mofl to be employed : as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polifhed by art, and placed in fuch a fituation, as to difplay that luftre which before was buried... | |
 | 1801 - 342 pàgines
...objects, and to cull from the mafs of mankind, thofe individuals upon which the attention ought moft to be employed ; as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polifhed by art, and placed in fuch a fituation, as to difplay that luftre which before was buried... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 pàgines
...objects, and to cull from the j mafs of mankind, thofe individuals upon which the attention ought moft to be employed: as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may bepolilhed by art, and placed in fuch a fituation, as to difplay that luftre which before was buried... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1805 - 188 pàgines
...effects. ' The chief advantages which these fictions have over real life is, that their authors are at liberty, though not to invent, yet to select objects,...cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed iir such a situation, as to display that lustre which before was buried among common stones. ' It is... | |
 | 1806 - 348 pàgines
...life is, that their authors are at liberty, though not to invent, yet to Select objects, and to cull from the mass of mankind those individuals upon which...made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situa. tion, as to display that lustre which before was buried among common stones. It is justly considered... | |
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The chief advantage which these fictions have over real life is, that their authors are at liberty, though not to invent, yet to select objects, and to cull from the mass of mankind, those individuals upon which the attention ought most to be employed... 
