 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 478 pages
...and would therefore never ** be able to fhine, or diftinguifh themfelves, *' upon any other fubject? We are daily " complaining of the great 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... | |
 | SAMUEL JOHNSON - 1781 - 254 pages
...and would " therefore never be able to fhine, or " diftinguifn themfelves, upon any other " fubject ? We are daily complaining " of the great decline of wit among. us, " and would take away the greateft, " perhaps the only, topkk we havfe left. " Who would ever have fufpectcd Afgill... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 248 pages
...and would " therefore never be able to fhine, or " diflinguifh themfelves, upon any other " fubject ? We are daily complaining " of the great decline of wit among us, " and would take away the greateft, " perhaps the only, topick we have left. " Who would ever have fufpe&ed Afgill... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...productions of wit should we be deprived of from 1 those, whose genius, by continual practice, hath been wholly turned upon raillery and invectives against...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... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 488 pages
...wonderful productions of wit should we be deprived of, from those, whose genius, by continual practice, has been wholly turned upon raillery and invectives against...would we take away the greatest, perhaps the only topick we have left ? who would ever have suspected Asgil for a wit, or Toland for a philosopher, if... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...productions of wit should we be deprived of from « those, whose genius, by continual practice, hath been wholly turned " upon raillery and invectives...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 pages
...produc" tions of wit should we be deprived of from those, " whose genius, by continual practice, hath been *' wholly turned upon raillery and invectives...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 494 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 pages
...whose genius, by continual practice, hath been " wholly turned \ipon raillery and invectives against 't religion, and would therefore never be able to " shine,...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... | |
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... to display their abilities? 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... 
