 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 392 pages
...the laft bounteous Year, how many can be faid to ferveany Purpofe of Ufe or Pleafure ? The only End of writing is to enable the Readers better to enjoy...are hovering about us, trying Experiments upon our Scnfibility, putting us in Agonies to fee our Limbs quiver, torturing us to Madnefs, that they may... | |
 | 1774 - 390 pages
...many pan be, fafd to ferve any Purpofe of Ufe or Pleafure ? .The only.Tind of writing is to en- ^ able the Readers better to enjoy Life, or better to endure...are hovering about us, trying Experiments upon our Senfibility, putting us in Agonies to fee our Limbs quiver, torturing us to Madnefs, that they may... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 550 pages
...the laft bounteous year, how many can be faid to ferve any purpofe of ufe or pleafure? The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy...much wifer than ourfelves manages the wires. That a fet of beings unfeen and unheard, are hovering about us, trying experiments upon our fenfibility, putting... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 pages
...the laft bounteous year, how many can be faid to ferve any purpofe of ufe or pleafure? The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy...by him who tells us, that we are puppets, of which fbme creature not much wifer than ourfelves manages the wires. That a fet of beings unfeen and unheard,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 432 pages
...the laft bounteous year, how many can be faid to ferve any purpofe of ufe or pleafure ? The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy...much wifer than ourfelves manages the wires. That a fet of beings unfeen and unheard, are hovering about us, trying experiments upon our fenfibility, putting... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 424 pages
...the laft bounteous year, how many can be faid to ferve any purpofe of ufe or pleafure ? The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy...much wifer than ourfelves manages the wires. That a fet of beings unfeen and unheard, are hovering about us, trying experiments upon our fenfibility, putting... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 360 pages
...the last bounteous year, how many can be said to serve any purpose of use or pleasure ? The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy...life, or better to endure it : and how will either of those be put more in our power by him who tells us that we are puppets, of which some creature not... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pages
...the last bounteous year, how many can be said to serve any purpose of use or pleasure ? The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy...life, or better to endure it: and how will either of those be put more in our power by him who tells us that we are puppets, of which some creature not... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 424 pages
...the last bounteous year, how many can be said to serve any purpose of use or pleasure ? The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy...life, or better to endure it: and how will either of those be put more in our power by him who tells us that we are puppets, of which some creature not... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...the last bounteous year, how many can be said to serve any purpose of use or pleasure ? The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy...life, or better to endure it : and how will either of those be put more in our -power by him who tells us that we are puppets, of which some creature not... | |
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The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy life, or better to endure it... 
