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... The Lives of the English Poets - Page 67by Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 420 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Birkbeck Norman Hill - English literature - 1892 - 220 pages
...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...we provide for action or conversation, whether we V.— MILTON AGAINST SOCRATES. 145 wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1893 - 186 pages
...that knowledge requires or includes, are not JJie great or the_£reiiuentjbusineaa-joi.the tmman mini! Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the firstj'equisite is the religious ancTworal knowledjge of right ami wrong ; the next is an acquaintance... | |
| David Masson - 1859 - 758 pages
...which that " knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the " frequent business of the Imman mind. Whether we provide " for action or conversation,...whether we wish to be useful or " pleasing, the first object is the religious and moral know" ledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Wight Duff - English poetry - 1900 - 318 pages
...embellishments of life, formed the same plan of education in his imaginary college. But the truth is, that the we provide for action or conversation, whether we...mankind, and with those examples which may be said to 5 embody truth, and prove by events the reasonableness of opinions. Prudence and Justice are virtues... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1907 - 172 pages
...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...we provide for action or conversation, whether we 5 wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the J religious and moral knowledge of right... | |
| Thomas Jefferson McEvoy - Education - 1908 - 472 pages
...are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind^-Whether we provide for action or for conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing,...; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind."—Dr. Johnson. (a) It is the appeal for real knowledge which is to be gained through the... | |
| Sir William Henry Sleeman - India - 1915 - 722 pages
...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...embody truth, and prove by events the reasonableness of opinions.2 Prudence and justice are virtues and excellences of all times, and of all places — we... | |
| Hongming Gu - China - 1915 - 218 pages
...fact, to teach men to be good. "Whether we provide for action or conversation, " says Dr. Johnson, " whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first...and moral knowledge of right and wrong ; the next, an acquaintance with the history of mankind and with those examples which may be said to embody truth... | |
| Hongming Gu - China - 1915 - 218 pages
...fact, to teach men to be good. "Whether we provide for action or conversation, " gays Dr. Johnson, " whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious nnd moral knowledge of right and wrong; the next, an acquaintance with the history of mnnkind and with... | |
| Stephen Coleridge - Materialism - 1920 - 120 pages
...sciences which that knowledge requires or includes is not the great or the frequent business of the mind. " Whether we provide for action or conversation,...requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right or wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with these examples which may... | |
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