... be obtained, and sometimes upon holding out against it when it is laid before them; upon inventing arguments against the success of any new undertaking, and, where arguments cannot be found, upon treating it with contempt and ridicule. Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces - Page 192by Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 375 pagesFull view - About this book
| Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 428 pages
...upon calling for Demonftration where it cannot poffibly be obtained, and fometimes upon holding oat againft it when it is laid before them ; upon inventing...hardly doubt but that much of the Oppofition which Drakt met with is. to be attributed ; for their Notions and Difcourfe are fo agreeable to the Lazy,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1777 - 316 pages
...upon believing nothing but their own Senfes, upon calling for Demonftration where it cannot pollibly be obtained, and fometimes upon holding out againft...to thefe we can hardly doubt but that much of the Oppoiitioa which Drake met with is to be attributed ; for their Notions and Difcourfe are fo agreeable... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...upon holding out againft it when it is laid before them ; upon inventing arguments againft the fuccefs of any new undertaking, and, where arguments cannot...which Drake met with is to be attributed? for their notion! and difcourfe are fo agreeable to the lazy, the envious, and the timorous, that they feldom... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 676 pages
...upon holding out againft it when it is laid before them ; upon inventing arguments againft the fuccefs of any new undertaking, and, where arguments cannot...which Drake met with is to be attributed; for their notiooi and difcourfc arc fo agreeable Co the lazy, the envious, aod irid the timorous, that they feldom... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 554 pages
...holding out again ft it when it is laid before them ; upon inventing arguments againft the fuccefs of any new undertaking, and, where arguments cannot...great benefactors to mankind, and to thefe we can hardlydoubt but that much of the oppofit Jon which Drake met with is to be attributed ; for their notions... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1802 - 632 pages
...holding out againft it when it is laid before " them ; upon inventing arguments againft the fuccefs ** of any new undertaking ; and, where arguments " cannot...moft formidable enemies ** of the great benefactors- of the world ; for their " notions and difcourfe are fo agreeable to the lazy, " the envious, and the... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1802 - 610 pages
...holding out againft it when it is laid before ?* them ; upon inventing arguments againft the fuccefs f* of any new undertaking ; and, where arguments " cannot be found, upon treating it with contempt P and ridicule. " Such have been the moft formidable enemies " of the great benefa&ors of the world... | |
| Charles Vallencey - 1804 - 546 pages
...holding out againft it, when it is laid before them ; upon inventing arguments againft the fuccefs of any new undertaking ; and, where arguments cannot...have been the moft formidable enemies of the great benefaftors of the world ; for their notions and difcourfes are fo agreeable to the lazy, the envious,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 400 pages
...before them; upon inventing arguments against the successor any new undertaking, and, where argument; cannot be found, upon treating it with contempt and ridicule. Such have been the most formidable enemies of the great benefactors to mankind, and to the=e we can hai\!ly doubt but... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1812 - 402 pages
...upon holding out against it when it is laid before them; upon inventing arguments against the success of any new undertaking, and, where arguments cannot...it with contempt and ridicule. Such have been the most formidable enemies of the great benefactors to mankind; and to these we can hardly doubt but that... | |
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