 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
 | Robert Hebert Quick - 1874 - Liczba stron: 376
...flame Caught from the deeds of men of ancient fame.* On the other side we have Dr. Johnson : — " The truth is, that the knowledge of external nature...of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or for conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, William Alexander Clouston - 1875 - Liczba stron: 346
...acquired knowledge, and can detail it occasionally to others who have less leisure or weaker abilities. 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... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1876 - Liczba stron: 514
...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...whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and and wrong; the next is an acquaintance... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1880 - Liczba stron: 410
...literary projectors of that age. Cowley, who had more means than Milton of knowing what was wanting in the embellishments of life, formed the same plan of...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... | |
 | Edward Parmelee Morris - 1886 - Liczba stron: 212
...to that. And now for the ans^r of a man of letters, Dr. Johnson, given in his Life of Milton : — But 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... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson Morgan - 1887 - Liczba stron: 284
...higher ground, at least as a safeguard against their ignorance. EDWARD s. JOVNES. MIND, NOT MATTER. THE truth is, that the knowledge of external nature,...of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or for conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - Liczba stron: 356
...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... | |
 | University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus) - 1907 - Liczba stron: 436
...such was their interest and their theme. And on this point the evidence of Dr. Johnson is conclusive. "But the truth is. that the knowledge of external...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... | |
 | William Gardner Hale - 1888 - Liczba stron: 56
...to that. And now for the answer of a man of letters, Dr. Johnson, given in his Life of Milton : — But 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1892 - Liczba stron: 180
...improvement which seems to have busied 30 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... | |
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