 Those authors, therefore, are to be read at schools that supply most axioms of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most materials for conversation; and these purposes are best served by poets, orators, and historians.  The works of Samuel Johnson - Strona 98autor: Samuel Johnson - 1823Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1785 - Liczba stron: 360
...immediately appears. " THOSE AUTHORS, THEREFORE, ARE TO BE READ AT SCHOOLS, THAT SUPPLY MOST AXIOMS OF PRUDENCE, MOST PRINCIPLES OF MORAL TRUTH, AND MOST...ARE BEST SERVED BY POETS, ORATORS, AND HISTORIANS." Dr. JOHNSON. * The laws of England muft alfo be comprehended among the academical flu dies. The excellent... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - Liczba stron: 714
...supply most axicwi of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most materiafs for conversa tion ; and these purposes are best served by poets, orators,...historians. , Let me not be censured for this digression as pedantiLk or paradoxical; for I have Milton against me, 1 have Socrates on my side. It was his labour... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - Liczba stron: 716
...character immediately appears. Those ^authors, therefore, are to be read at schools that supply most axioms of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most...this digression as pedantick or paradoxical; for if I ba.\e Milton against me, 1 have Socrates on my side. It was his labour to turn philosophy from the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - Liczba stron: 594
...character immediately appears; Those authors therefore, are to be read at school, that supply most axioms of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most...conversation ; and these purposes are best served by poetSi orators, and historians. Ibid. It ought always to be steadily inculeated, that ' virtue is the... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - Liczba stron: 514
...supply most axioms of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most materials for conveisation ; and these purposes are best served by poets, orators,...historians. Let me not be censured for this digression as pedantic or paradoxical l for, if I have Milton against me, I have Socratcs at my side. It was his... | |
 | George Horne - 1808 - Liczba stron: 320
...character immediately appears. Those authors therefore are to be read at schools, (hat supply most axioms of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most materials for conversation j and these purposes are best served by poets, orators, and historians. (Warton, 117.)'— Milton afterwards... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - Liczba stron: 338
...immediately appears. Those < authors, therefore, are to be read at schools, that supply most axioms of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most...these purposes are best served by Poets, Orators, and Historians."l1 Of the same opinion was the great Lord Bacon, a man whose true and profound genius in... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - Liczba stron: 566
...immediately ap" pears. Those authors therefore are to be read at " schools, that supply most axioms of prudence, " most principles of moral truth, and...materials " for conversation : and these purposes are best an" swered by poets, orators, and historians'." Some have thought that, as we are now furnished with... | |
 | George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1818 - Liczba stron: 574
...immediately ap" pears. Those authors therefore are to be read at " schools, that supply most axioms of prudence, " most principles of moral truth, and...materials " for conversation : and these purposes are best an" swered by poets, orators, and historians'." Some have thought that, as we are now furnished with... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - Liczba stron: 570
...character immediately appears. Those authors therefore are to be read at schools, that supply most axioms of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most materials for conversation ; and tlitsti purposes are best served by poets, orators, and historians. (Warton, 117.) — Milton afterwards... | |
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