June 30, 1759r"pHE natural progress of the works of men is from rudeness to convenience, from convenience to elegance, and from elegance to nicety. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Seite 240 von Samuel Johnson - 1816 Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
...poems, but of smaller efforts. "The natural progress of the works of men," writes Johnson in Idler 63, "is from rudeness to convenience, from convenience to elegance, and from elegance to nicety." The age feared that its elegance was dwindling into mere nicety. So Johnson complains of the late Metaphysical...