 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 376 sivua
...from accidental intelligence and various converfation, by a quick apprehenfion, a judicious felection, and a happy memory, a keen appetite of knowledge,...active, to which every underftanding was proud to be afibciated, and of which every one folicited the regard, by an ambitious difplay of himfelf, had a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 364 sivua
...from accidental intelligence and various converfation, by a quick apprehenfion, a. judicious fekction, and a. happy memory, a keen appetite of knowledge,...permitted nothing to pafs without notice, and a habit of refle&ion that fuffered nothing ufeful to. be loft. A mind like Dryden's, always. curious, always active,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1772 - 388 sivua
...from accidental intelligence and various converfation, by a quick apprehenfion, a judicious felection, and' a happy memory, a keen appetite of knowledge,...permitted nothing to pafs without notice, and a habit of rc. flection that fuffered nothing ufeful to be loft. A mind like Dryden's, always curious, always... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 484 sivua
...accidental intelligence and various converfa" tion, by a quick apprehenfion, a judicious felection, and a happy memory, a keen appetite of knowledge,...permitted nothing to pafs without notice, and a habit of rejection that fuffered nothing ufeful to be loft. A mind like Dryden's, always curious, always active,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 476 sivua
...ao cidental intelligence and various converfation, by a quick apprehenfion, a judicious feledtion, and a happy memory, a keen appetite of knowledge, and a powerful digeftion j by vigilance that permitted nothing to pafs. without notice, and a habit of reflection that fuffered... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 484 sivua
...memory, a keen, appe^ite ef knowledge,; and a powerful dige£tion; by.vigilance that permitted:nothing to . pafs without notice, and a habit of reflection...curious, always active, to which every underftanding was J>roud to be aflbciated, arid cf which every one folidited the regard, by an arribitious difplay of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 456 sivua
...from accidental intelligence and various converfation, by a quick apprehenfion, a judicious felection, and a happy memory, a keen appetite of knowledge, and a powerful digef-< tion; by vigilance that permitted nothing to 7 pafs • pafs without notice, and a habit of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 498 sivua
...accidental intelligence and various conrverfation, by a quick apprehenfion, a judicious felection, and a happy memory, a keen appetite of knowledge,...active, to which every underftanding was proud to be afibciated, and of which every one folicited the regard, by an ambitious difplay of himfelf, had a... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 344 sivua
...intelligence and various converfation, by a quick apprehenfion, a judicious feleftion, and a happy memoryt a keen appetite of knowledge, and a powerful digeftion...permitted nothing to pafs without notice, and a habit of refleftion that fuffered nothing -uleful to be loft. A mind like Dryden's, always curious, always aftive,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 sivua
...from accidental intelligence and various converfation, by a quick apprehenfion, a judicious felection, and a happy memory, a keen appetite of knowledge,...digeftion ; by vigilance that permitted nothing to pals without notice, and a habit of reflection that fuffered nothing ufeful to be loft. A mind like... | |
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Of him that knows much it is natural to suppose that he has read with diligence; yet I rather believe that the knowledge of Dryden was gleaned from accidental intelligence and various conversation; by a quick apprehension, a judicious selection, and a... 
