 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 ページ
...ufed to meet in the time of Queen Anne, and denominated themlelves the Scriblerus Club. Their purpofc was to cenfure the abufes of learning by a fictitious...lamented ; for the follies which the writer ridicules are fe little practifed, that they are not known ; nor can the fatire be underftood - but by the learned... | |
 | James Thomson Callender - 1782 - 78 ページ
...Of the Memoirs of Scriblerus, the Doctor fays : ' If the ' .whole may be eftimated by this fpeeimen, which feems to be • the production of Arbuthnot,...follies which the writer ridicules, are fo little pra&ifecl, ' that they are not known ; nor can the fatire be underftood ' but by the learned : He raifes... | |
 | James Boswell - 1786 - 552 ページ
...1855, p. 62. See ante, iv. 71. 3 ' The Memoirs of Scriblerus' says Johnson ( Works, viii. 298), ' seem to be the production of Arbuthnot, with a few touches, perhaps, by Pope.' Swift also was concerned in it. Johnson goes on to shew why 'this joint production of three great writers... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 ページ
...if he were lefs bufy. The Memoirs of Scriblerus, publifhed about this time, extend only to the firft book of a work projected in concert by Pope, Swift,...of abfurdity, and then drives them away. He cures difcafcs that were never felt. For For this reafon this joint production of three great writers has... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 676 ページ
...Pope, Swift, and Arbuthnot, who ufed to meet in the time of Queen Anne, and denominated themfclvcs the Scriblerus Club, Their purpofe was to cenfure...touches perhaps by Pope, the want of more will not be ifluch lamented ; for the follies which the writer ridicules are fo little praftifed, that they are... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 ページ
...an infatuated Scholar. They were difperfed; the defign was never completed; and Warburton larnents its mifcarriage, as an event very difaftrous to polite...not known; nor can the fatire be underftood but by tV learned: he raifes phantoms of abfurdity, and t:.". •'fives them away. He cures difeafes that... | |
 | 1798 - 666 ページ
...the whole may be eftimated by this fpecimen, which feems to be the production of Arbuthnot, with n few touches perhaps by Pope, the want of more will...practifed that they are not known ; nor can the fatire be understood but by the learned ; he raifes phantoms of abfurdity, and then drives them away. He cures... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 ページ
...letters. If the whole may be estimated by this specimen, which.seems to be the production of Arbutlinot, with a few touches perhaps by Pope, the want of more...lamented; for the follies which the writer ridicules are so little practised, that they are not known; nor can the satirefc understood understood but by the... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 ページ
...event very disastrous to polite letters. If the whole may be estimated by this specimen, which seems to be the production of Arbuthnot, with a few touches...lamented; for the follies which the writer ridicules arc so little practised, that they are not known ; nor can the satire be understood understood but... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 496 ページ
...very disastrous to polite letters. If the whole may be estimated by this specimen, which seems to he the production of Arbuthnot, with a few touches perhaps...lamented ; for the follies which the writer ridicules are so little practised, that they are not known ; nor can the satire be understood but by the learned... | |
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If the whole may be estimated by this specimen, which seems to be the production of Arbuthnot, with a few touches perhaps by Pope, the want of more will not be much lamented; for the follies which the writer ridicules are so little practised, that they... 
