 That general knowledge which now circulates in common talk was in his time rarely to be found. Men not professing learning were not ashamed of ignorance, and in the female world any acquaintance with books was distinguished only to be censured.  The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces - Page 150by Samuel Johnson - 1781Full view - About this book
 | Alfred Ainger - 1895 - 654 pages
...circulates in common talk, was in his time rarely to be found. Men not professing learning were not ashamed of ignorance ; and in the female world any acquaintance with books was distinguished only to be censured. His purpose was to infuse literary curiosity by gentle and unsuspected... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1901 - 206 pages
...circulates in common talk, was in his time rarely to be found. Men not professing learning were not ashamed of ignorance; and in the female world, any acquaintance with books was distinguished only to be censured. His purpose was to infuse literary curiosity, by gentle and unsuspected... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1907 - 142 pages
...circulates in common talk was in his time rarely to be found. Men not professing learning were not ashamed of ignorance ; and in the female world any acquaintance with books was distinguished only to be censured. His purpose was to infuse literary curiosity, by gentle and unsuspected... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 562 pages
...in common talk, was in his time rarely to be found. Men not professing 30 learning were not ashamed of ignorance; and in the female world, any acquaintance with books was distinguished only to be censured. His purpose was to infuse literary curiosity, by gentle and unsuspected... | |
 | Charles William Eliot - 1910 - 440 pages
...circulates in common talk, was in his time rarely to be found. Men not professing learning were not ashamed of ignorance; and in the female world, any acquaintance with books was distinguished only to be censured. His purpose was to infuse literary curiosity, by gentle and unsuspected... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 754 pages
...circulates in common talk, was in his time rarely to be found. Men not professing learning were not ashamed of ignorance; and in the female world any acquaintance with books was distinguished only to be censured. His purpose was to infuse literary curiosity by gentle and unsuspected... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 pages
...circulates in common talk, was in his time rarely to be found. Men not professing learning were not ashamed of ignorance; and in the female world any acquaintance with books was distinguished only to be censured. His purpose was / to infuse literary curiosity by gentle and unsuspected... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 pages
...circulates in common talk, was in his time rarely to be found. Men not professing learning were not ashamed of ignorance; and in the female world any acquaintance with books was distinguished only to be censured. His purpose was to infuse literary curiosity by gentle and unsuspected... | |
 | John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 438 pages
...circulates in common talk was in his time rarely to be found. Men not professing learning were not ashamed of ignorance ; and in the female world any acquaintance with books was distinguished only to be censured. His purpose was to infuse literary curiosity, by gentle and unsuspected... | |
 | James Boswell - 1928 - 364 pages
...circulates in common talk, was in his time rarely to be found. Men not professing learning were not ashamed of ignorance; and in the female world, any acquaintance with books was distinguished only to be censured. His purpose was to infuse literary curiosity by gentle and unsuspected... | |
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