The most accomplished way of using books at present is two-fold; either first, to serve them as some men do lords, learn their titles exactly and then brag of their acquaintance. Or secondly, which is indeed the choicer, the profounder, and politer method,... The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review - Pagina 105geredigeerd door - 1810Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Anne Elizabeth Burlingame - 1920 - 246 pagina’s
...to become scholars and wits, without the fatigue of reading or thinking. The most accomplished way of using books at present is twofold ; either first, to serve them as some do lords, learn their titles exactly, and then brag of their acquaintance. Or secondly, which is indeed... | |
| Library Association - 1925 - 516 pagina’s
...say about the wrong purpose and the wrong methods of using indexes : — " The most accomplished way of using books at present, is two-fold ; either, first,...acquaintance. Or, secondly, which is indeed the choicer, profounder, and politer method, to get a thorough insight into the index, by which the whole book is... | |
| Hugh Walker - 1925 - 344 pagina’s
...scholars and wits, without the fatigue of reading or of thinking": — " The most accomplished way of using books at present is two-fold; either, first, to serve them as some men do lords, learo their titles exactly, and then brag of their acquaintance. Or, secondly, which is indeed the... | |
| Gregory G. Colomb - 1992 - 260 pagina’s
...dunces, can be seen in Swift's prescription for creating modern wits: Either first, to serve [books] as some Men do Lords, learn their Titles exactly,...politer Method, to get a thorough Insight into the 1ndex. . . . For, the Arts are all in a flying March, and therefore more easily subdued by attacking... | |
| Everett Zimmerman - 1996 - 268 pagina’s
...garnered from books and needed to produce them is acquired by reading titles or, preferably, getting "a thorough Insight into the Index, by which the whole Book is governed" (p. 145). Indexes are characterized as "Back-Door" learning, the usually shameful but nevertheless... | |
| Patricia Carr Brückmann - 1997 - 204 pagina’s
...to become Scholars and Wits, without the Fatigue of Reading or Thinking ... the choic[est] ... [is] to get a thorough Insight into the Index, by which...whole Book is governed and turned, like Fishes by the Taif (144-5). Viewed in these terms, indexes could be subjects of comedy, as they are in The Shepherd's... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1999 - 276 pagina’s
...become scholars and wits, without the fatigue of reading or of thinking. The most accomplished way of using books at present is two-fold; either first,...method, to get a thorough insight into the index, 0 by which the whole book is governed and turned, likefohes by the tail. For, to enter the palace of... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1999 - 276 pagina’s
...become scholars and wits, without the fatigue of reading or of thinking. The most accomplished way of using books at present is two-fold; either first,...politer method, to get a thorough insight into the index,0 by which the whole book is governed and turned, like fishes by the tail. For, to enter the... | |
| Hazel K. Bell - 2001 - 168 pagina’s
...by Pope Youth, observations on the govenment of, continued and concluded The most accomplished way of using books at present is twofold: either, first, to serve them as men do lords - learn their titles exactly and then brag of their acquaintance; or, secondly, which... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 2004 - 290 pagina’s
...become scholars and wits, without the fatigue of reading or of thinking. The most accomplished way of using books at present is twofold; either first,...method, to get a thorough insight into the index, 0 by which the whole book is governed and turned, like f1shes by the tail. For, to enter the palace... | |
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