 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 248 ページ
...do in a manner peculiar to himfelf, without fufficiently confidering that fingularity, as it implies a contempt of the general practice, is a kind of defiance which juftly provokes the hoftility of ridicule ; he therefore who indulges pe» culiar h.abits is worfe... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 474 ページ
...in a manner peculiar to himfelf, without fu£ficiently confidering that fingularity, as it implies a contempt of the general practice, is a kind of defiance which juftly provokes the hoftility of ridicule; he therefore who indulges peculiar habits \s worfe than... | |
 | SAMUEL JOHNSON - 1781 - 254 ページ
...do in a manner peculiar to himfelf, without fufficiently confidering that fingularity, as it implies a contempt of the general practice, is a kind of defiance which juftly provokes the hoftility of ridicule ; he therefore who indulges peculiar habits is worfe than... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 602 ページ
...do in a manner peculiar to himfelf, without fuffkiently confidering that fingularity, as it implies a contempt of the general practice, is a kind of defiance which juftly provokes the hoftility of ridicule; he therefore who indulges peculiar habits is wprfe than... | |
 | 1794 - 954 ページ
...do in a manner peculiar to himfelf, without fufficiently cosfidcring that fingularity, as it implies a contempt of the general practice, is a kind of defiance which juftly provokes the hoíHHty of ridicule ; he therefore who indulges peculiar habits is worfe than... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 ページ
...which justly provoke} the hostility of ridicule ; he therefore who indulges peculiar habits is wont than others, if he be not better. Of his humour, a...odd, that there's no describing it but by facts. Ill tc tell you one that first comes into my head. One evening Gay and I went " to see him : you know how... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 414 ページ
...in a manner peculiar to himself, without sufficiently considering, that singularity, as it implies a contempt of the general practice, is a kind of defiance...specimen. " Dr. Swift has an odd, blunt way, that is mis" taken, by strangers, for ill nature. — It is so odd, " that there's no describing it but by... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 422 ページ
...in a manner peculiar to himself, without sufficiently considering, that singularity, as it implies a contempt of the general practice, is a kind of defiance...specimen. " Dr. Swift has an odd, blunt way, that is mis" taken, by strangers, for ill nature. — Tt is so odd, " that there's no describing it but by... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 414 ページ
...in a manner peculiar to himself, without sufficiently considering, that singularity, as it implies a contempt of the general practice, is a kind of defiance...specimen. " Dr. Swift has an odd, blunt way, that is mis" taken, by strangers, for ill nature.—It is so odd^ " that there's no describing it but by facts.... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 574 ページ
...be imputed only to a spirit of detraction. On another occasion he relates the following anecdote : Of his humour, a story told by Pope may afford a specimen, thus related by Spence. Doctor Swift has an odd, blunt wayr that is mistaken by strangers for ill nature.... | |
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Whatever he did, he seemed willing to do in a manner peculiar to himself, without sufficiently considering that singularity, as it implies a contempt of the general practice, is a kind of defiance which justly provokes the hostility of ridicule ; he,... 
