 But the truth is that the knowledge of external nature, and the sciences which that knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful...  Works - Strona 25autor: Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1838Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - Liczba stron: 476
...of improvement which seems to have busied many literary projectors of that age. Cowley, who had more means than Milton of knowing what was wanting to the...whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is I the religious and moral knowledge of right and vr I wrong ; the next is an acquaintance... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - Liczba stron: 466
...of improvement which seems to have busied many literary projectors of that age. Cowley, who had more means than Milton of knowing what was wanting to the...whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - Liczba stron: 470
...of improvement which seems to have busied many literary projectors of that age. Cowley, who had more means than Milton of knowing what was wanting to the...whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with... | |
 | Boston Latin School (Mass.) - 1820 - Liczba stron: 378
...learning is the broad and solid basis. " The truth is," to adopt the forcible language of Johnson, " that the knowledge of external nature, and the sciences...whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is, the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - Liczba stron: 652
...of improvement which seems to have busied many literary projectors of that age. Cowley, who had more means than Milton of knowing what was wanting to the...whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with... | |
 | Levi Frisbie - 1823 - Liczba stron: 310
...in himself the truth of the sentiment, contained in the following passage from the Life of Milton. " The knowledge of external nature, and the sciences...whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - Liczba stron: 668
...of improvement which seems to have busied many literary projectors of that age. Cowley, who had more means than Milton of knowing what was wanting to the...whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - Liczba stron: 674
...of improvement which seems to have busied many literary projectors of that age. Cowley, who had more means than Milton of knowing what was wanting to the...of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or con-~r versation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the • first requisite is(ihe religious... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - Liczba stron: 512
...of improvement which seems to have busied many literary projectors of that age. Cowley, who had more means than Milton of knowing what was wanting to the...of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or conversai tion, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and... | |
 | 1824 - Liczba stron: 494
...subject of education. [Mr Pickering here read the following extract from Johnson's Life of Milton : — " The truth is, that the knowledge of external nature,...whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with... | |
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