...was about him. It is an observation of Dr. Johnson, that no place affords a more striking instance of the vanity of human hopes than a public library ; for who, he asks, can see the wall crowded on every side by mighty volumes, without considering the oblivion...

...see their edifices perish as they are towering to completion, and those few that for awhile attract the eye of mankind, are generally weak in the foundation, and soon sink by the saps of time. 3. Miscellaneous Prose Writings. Preface to Shakespeare. Cf. 0. 3. 30. 1-2. (5. 104-105) The poet,...

...see their edifices perish as they are towering to completion, and those few that for awhile attract the eye of mankind, are generally weak in the foundation, and soon sink by the saps of time. Cf. 0. 3. 30. 1-2. 3. Miscellaneous Prose Writings. Preface to Shakespeare. (5. 104-105) The poet,...

...NATURA DEORUM, 11.2.5. Time obliterates the fictions of opinion, and confirms the decisions of nature. No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes, than a publick library; for who can see the wall crouded on every side by mighty volumes, the works of laborious...

...discovery of truth offered by the new collections, but not Johnson. "No place," he begins in Rambler 106, affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes, than a publick library: for who can see the wall croudcd on every side by mighty volumes, the works of laborious...

...Australian feminist writer. Daddy, We Hardly Knew You, "Still in Melbourne, January 1987" (1989). 6 No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library. SAMUEL JOHNSON, (1709-1784) British author, lexicographer. Rambler, no. 1 06 (London, March 23, 1751),...

...of Quisquilius, or wasted learning, as in number 106, with its often-quoted lament about libraries: "No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes, than a publick library, for who can see the wall crouded on every side by mighty volumes, the works of laborious...

...encumbers him with help? 2173 Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen. 2174 The Rambler No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes, than a public library. 2175 Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. 2176 When a man knows he...

...personal confessions: the story of a young writer whose dreams of fame are crushed by his reception. "No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes, than a publick library," where "innumerable authors whose performances are thus treasured up in magnificent...

...Rambler (no. 106), Samuel Johnson had reflected on the gloomier implications of impressive libraries: No place affords a more striking conviction of the...hopes than a public library; for who can see the wall crouded on every side by mighty volumes, the works of laborious meditation, and accurate enquiry now...