Samuel Johnson Quote

When the eye or the imagination is struck with an uncommon work, the next transition of an active mind is to the means by which it was performed


A dissertation upon the Greek comedy. Dedications. Preface to Payne's tables of interest. Adventurer. History of Rasselas (ed. 1810)


When the eye or the imagination is struck with an uncommon work, the next transition of an active mind is to the means by which it was performed

When the eye or the imagination is struck with an uncommon work, the next transition of an active mind is to the means by which it was performed

When the eye or the imagination is struck with an uncommon work, the next transition of an active mind is to the means by which it was performed

When the eye or the imagination is struck with an uncommon work, the next transition of an active mind is to the means by which it was performed