 The certainty and stability which, contrary to all experience, Swift thinks attainable, he proposes to secure by instituting an academy; the decrees of which every man would have been willing, and many would have been proud to disobey, and which, being...  A History of the French Academy, 16354-1910 - Page 223de Duncan Maclaren Robertson - 1910 - 379 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 602 pages
...(lability which, contrary to all experience, he thinks attainable, he propofes to fecure by inflituting an academy; the decrees of which every man would have been willing, and many would have been proud to difobey, and which, being renewed by fucceffive elections, would in a fhort time have differed from... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 248 pages
...ftability which, contrary to all experience, he. thinks attainable, he propofes to fecure by inftituting an academy ; the decrees of which every man would have been willing, and many would have been proud to.diibbey, and which, being renewedby fucceflive elections, would ir£ a fliort time have differed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 262 pages
...flability which, contrary to all experience, he thinks attainable, he propofes to fecure by inftituting an academy ; the decrees. of- which, every man would have been willing, and many would have been nroud to difobey,. and which, being renewed newed by fucceffive elections, would in a fhort time have... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 454 pages
...ftability which, contrary to all experience, he thinks attainable, he propofes to fecure by inftituting an academy; the decrees of which every man would have...'"been willing, and many would have been proud to difobey, and which, being renewed by fucceffive elections, would in a fhort time have differed from... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 422 pages
...liability which, contrary to all experience, he thinks attainable, he propofes to fecure by inftituting an academy; the decrees of which every man would have been willing, and many would have been proud, to difobey, and which, being renewed by fucceffive elections, would in a fhort time have differed from... | |
 | 1794 - 954 pages
...all eipcricjncc, he think« attainable, he propofes to fecurc by inftituling an academy, the decrecí of which every man would have been willing, and many would have been proud to difobey ; and which, being renewed by fucceffive elections, would in afliort time have differed from... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...into the history of other tongues. The certainty and stability which, contrary to all experience, he thinks attainable, he proposes to secure by instituting...would in a short time have differed from its'elf. Swift now attained the zenith of his political importance: he published (1712) the "Conduct of the... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...other tongues. The certainty and stability which, contrary to all experience, he thinks at^ tainable, he proposes to secure by instituting an academy ;...elections, would in a short time have differed from itself. Swift now attained the zenith of his political importance: he published (1711) ihe ''Conduct of the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 418 pages
...ftability which, contrary to all experience, he thinks attainable, he propofes to fecure by inftituting an academy ; the decrees of which every man would...have been willing, and many would have been proud, to difobey, and which, being renewed by fucceffive elections, would in a fhort time have differed from... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 544 pages
...tb$ general nature of language, and without very accurate inquiry into the history of other tongues. The certainty and stability, which, contrary to all...would in, a short time have differed from itself." JOHNSON. SOME REASONS TO PKOVE THAT NO ONE IS OBLIGED, BY HIS PRINCIPLES AS A WHIG, TO OPPOSE THE QEEEN:... | |
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