 | Samuel Johnson - 1913 - 220 pages
...is no longer doubted the evidence ceases to be examined. Of an art universally practised the first teacher is forgotten. Learning once made popular is no longer learning; it has the appearance of something which we have bestowed upon ourselves, as the dew appears to rise from the field which it... | |
 | Syndy M. Conger - Literary Criticism - 1990 - 248 pages
...measure their success: "A writer who obtains his full purpose loses himself in his own lustre. . . . Learning once made popular is no longer learning; it has the appearance of something we have bestowed upon ourselves, as the dew appears to rise from the field which it refreshes."1... | |
 | Robert J. Griffin - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 208 pages
...particularly one that uses the Norton anthology. Its fate is what Johnson observed of Dryden's criticism: "Learning once made popular is no longer learning: it has the appearance of something which we have bestowed on ourselves, as the dew appears to rise from the field which it refreshes."3... | |
 | Greg Clingham - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 238 pages
...doubted, the evidence ceases to be examined. Of an art universally practised, the first teacher is often forgotten. Learning once made popular is no longer learning: it has the appearance of something which we have bestowed on ourselves, as the dew appears to rise from the field which it refreshes"... | |
 | Charles Martindale, A. B. Taylor - Literary Criticism - 2011 - 340 pages
...doubred, the evidence ceases to be examined. Of an art universally practiced, the first reacher is often forgotten- Learning once made popular is no longer learning: it has the appearance of someshing which we have bestowed upon ourselves, as the dew appears to rise from the field which it... | |
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Learning once made popular is no longer learning ; it has the appearance of something which we have bestowed upon ourselves, as the dew appears to rise from the field which it refreshes. 
