It is not uncommon for those who have grown wise by the labour of others to add a little of their own, and overlook their masters. Addison is now despised by some who perhaps would never have seen his defects but by the lights which he afforded them. The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces - Page 149by Samuel Johnson - 1781Full view - About this book
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| 1803 - 420 pages
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| Nathan Drake - 1805 - 376 pages
...of Samuel Johnson. " It is not uncommon," says this powerful writer, " for those who have grown wise by the labour of others, to add a little of their own, and overlook their masters. " Before the profound observers of the present race repose too securely on the consciousness... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1805 - 370 pages
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