 | 1892 - 708 Seiten
...regarded as the most available point of approach. " To judge rightly of an author," said Dr. Johnson, " we must transport ourselves to his time, and examine...of his contemporaries, and what were his means of satisfying them." In the spirit of this dictum instructors have conceived it to be their special mission... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1881 - 570 Seiten
...ourselves, as the dew appears to rise from the field which it refreshes. \_ .To judge rightly of an author, we must transport ourselves to his time, and examine...at least imported his science, and gave his country ivhat it wanted before; or rather, he imported only the fliaterials, and manufactured them by his own... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1886 - 516 Seiten
...ourselves, as the dew appears to rise from the field which it refreshes. To judge rightly of an author, we must transport ourselves to his time, and examine...it wanted before ; or rather, he imported only the /naterials, and manufactured them by his own skill. The dialogue on the Drama was one of his first... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1895 - 234 Seiten
...have bestowed upon ourselves, as the dew appears to rise from the field which it refreshes. selves to his time, and examine what were the wants of his...supplying them. That which is easy at one time was diflBcult at another. Dryden at least imported his science, and gave his country what it wanted before... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1899 - 216 Seiten
...ourselves, as the dew appears to rise from the field which it refreshes. To judge rightly of an author, we must transport ourselves to his time, and examine what were the wants of his contem30 poraries, and what were his means of supplying them. That which is easy at one time was difficult... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1903 - 434 Seiten
...138-140. 132. Every man' s performances, etc. Cf. Johnson, Life ofDryden : "To judge rightly of an author, we must transport ourselves to his time, and examine...contemporaries, and what were his means of supplying them." Nations have their infancy, etc. Cf. Johnson's Dedication to Mrs. Lennox's Shakespear Illustrated,... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1903 - 450 Seiten
...138-140. 132. Every man'sperformances, etc. Cf. Johnson, Life ofDryden : "To judge rightly of an author, we must transport ourselves to his time, and examine...contemporaries, and what were his means of supplying them." Nations have their infancy, etc. Cf. Johnson's Dedication to Mrs. Lennox's Shakespear Illustrated,... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 754 Seiten
...applauded by instinct, and poets perhaps often pleased by chance. ... To judge rightly of an author, we must transport ourselves to his time, and examine...means of supplying them. That which is easy at one tune was difficult at another. Dryden at least imported his science, and gave his country what it wanted... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 752 Seiten
...often pleased by chance. . . . To Judge jjghtly of an author, we must transport ourselves to his tune, and examine what were the wants of his contemporaries, and what were his means ofsupplying them. That which is easy at one time was difficult [ at another. Dryden at least imported... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1913 - 220 Seiten
...ourselves, as the dew appears to rise from the field which it refreshes. To judge rightly of an author we must transport ourselves to his time, and examine what were the wants of his contem- 20 poraries, and what were his means of supplying them. That which is easy at one time was... | |
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To judge rightly of an author, we must transport ourselves to his time, and examine what were the wants of his contemporaries, and what were his means of supplying them. 
