 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 562 Seiten
...able to shine, or distinguish themselves, upon any other subject? We are daily complaining <-• I' 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 a wit, or... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 Seiten
...oth* See Sheridan's life, edit. 1784, p. 525 ; where are some remarks on this passage- Ker subject ? We are daily 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 a wit, or... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 470 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 530 Seiten
...reKgion, and who 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 topic we have left. Who would ever have suspected Asgill for a wit, or Toland... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 412 Seiten
...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, topic we have •" left. Who would ever have suspected Asgill for »**... | |
 | 1820 - 796 Seiten
...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 Hone... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 272 Seiten
...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, topic we have left. Who would ever have suspected Asgill for a wit, or... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 272 Seiten
...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, aud would take away the greatest, perhaps the only, topic we have left. Who would ever have suspected... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 Seiten
...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 - 1825 - 682 Seiten
...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... | |
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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... 
