 | Samuel Johnson - 1765 - 80 sidor
...value the pofleffion, it is becaufe frequent comparifons have confirmed opinion in its favour. As among the works of nature no man can properly call a river...without the knowledge of many mountains and many rivers; fo in the productions of genius, nothing can be ftiled excellent till it has been compared with other... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1768 - 676 sidor
...the pofiefilon, it is becaufe frequent comparifons have conflrmed opinion in its favour. As among, the works of nature no man can properly call a river...without the knowledge of many mountains and many rivers; fo in the productions of genius, nothing can be ftiled excellent till it has been compared with other... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1773 - 554 sidor
...value the pofieflion, it is becaufe frequent comparifons have confirmed opinion in its favour. As among the works of nature no man can properly call a river...the knowledge of many mountains, and many rivers; fo in the productions of genius, nothing can be ftiled excellent till it has been compared with other... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 sidor
...value the Poflefiion, it is becaufe frequent Comparifons have confirmed Opinion in its Favour. As among the Works of Nature no Man can properly call a River...without the Knowledge of many Mountains and many Rivers ; fo, in the Productions of Genius, nothing can be ftiled excellent till it has been compared with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 412 sidor
...value the Poflefiion, it is becaufe frequent Comparifons have confirmed Opinion in its Favour. As among the Works of Nature no Man can properly call a River deep, or a Mountain high, without th^ Knowledge of many Mountains and many Rivers i fo, in the Productions of Genius, nothing can be... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1778 - 746 sidor
...value the pofleffion, it is becaufe frequent comparifons have confirmed opinion in its favour. As among the works of nature no man can properly call a river...the knowledge of many mountains, and many rivers; fo in the productions of genius, nothing can be ftiled excellent till it has been compared with other... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 500 sidor
...value the poffeflion, it is becaufe frequent comparifons have confirmed opinion in its favour. As among the works of nature no man can properly call a river...without the knowledge of many mountains, and many rivers ; fo, in the produdtions of genius, nothing can be ftyled excellent till it has been compared with... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 sidor
...frequent comparisons have tonfirmed opirtion in its favour. As among the works of nature: no iiian can properly call a river deep, or a. mountain high)...genius, nothing can be styled excellent till it has been compare<i with other works of the same kind. Demonstration immediately displays its power, and has... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1790 - 1058 sidor
...the poflefiion, it is becaufe frequent coraparifuns have confirmed opinion in its favour. As among the works of nature no man can properly call a river...the knowledge of many mountains, and many rivers; k> in the productions of genius, nothing can be ftyled excellent till it has been compared with other... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1793 - 860 sidor
...value the pofleflion, it is becaufe frequent comparifons have confirmed opinion in its favour. As among the works of nature no man can properly call a river...without the knowledge of many mountains, and many rivers ; fo in the productions of genius, nothing can be ftiled excellent till it has been compared with other... | |
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As among the works of nature, no man can properly call a river deep, or a mountain high, without the knowledge of many mountains, and many rivers ; so, in the productions of genius, nothing can be styled excellent till it has been compared with other... 
