The authors that in any nation last from age to age are very few, because there are very few that have any other claim to notice than that they catch hold on present curiosity, and gratify some accidental desire, or produce some temporary conveniency.


The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (ed. 1787)

Samuel Johnson Quotes

The authors that in any nation last from age to age are very few, because there are very few that have any other claim to notice than that they catch ...

The authors that in any nation last from age to age are very few, because there are very few that have any other claim to notice than that they catch ...

The authors that in any nation last from age to age are very few, because there are very few that have any other claim to notice than that they catch ...

The authors that in any nation last from age to age are very few, because there are very few that have any other claim to notice than that they catch ...