 | 1902 - 734 pages
...of some invisible order of beings, for surely they are of no use to any of the corporeal inhabitants of the world. Of the productions of the last bounteous...can be said to serve any purpose of use or pleasure ?" W. Robertson Nicoll. LITERARY PARIS Paris seems to have returned to literary activity with a vengeance.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 778 pages
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 | 1926 - 916 pages
...more understandable to his fellow mortals. Socrates: "The only end of writing," said Doctor Johnson, "is to enable the readers better to enjoy life, or better to endure it." Do you agree with that? Catholicus: Y — es. But why go back to the eighteenth century? Socrates:... | |
 | 1902 - 1052 pages
...of some invisible order of beings, for surely they are of no use to any of the corporeal inhabitants of the world. Of the productions of the last bounteous...how many can be said to serve any purpose of use or pleasure?1' W. Robertson Nieoll. LITERARY PARIS Paris seems to have returned to literary activity with... | |
 | Harold Osborne - 1955 - 374 pages
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 | Harold Osborne - 1955 - 362 pages
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The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy life, or better to endure it... 
