 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pàgines
...die truth is, that the knowledge of external nature, and the sciences which that knowledge requi es or. includes, are not the great or the frequent business...provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be userul or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge ot right and wrong;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 pàgines
...wanting to the embellishments of life, formed the same plan of education in his imaginary Collage. But the truth is, that the knowledge of external nature,...provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong;... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pàgines
...wanting to the embellishments of life, formed 'he same plan of education in his imaginary College. 8 2 But the truth is, that the knowledge of external nature,...provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong;... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pàgines
...treatises of the ancients. This was a scheme of improvement which seems to have busied many literary projectors of that age. Cowley, who had more means...provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowlege of right and wrong;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pàgines
...treatises of the antients. This was a scheme of improvement which seems to have busied many literary projectors of that age. Cowley, who had more means...provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pàgines
...treatises of the ancients. This was a scheme of improvement which seems to have busied many literary projectors of that age. Cowley, who had more means...provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pàgines
...treatises of the ancients. This was a scheme of improvement which seems to have busied many. literary projectors of that age. Cowley, who had more means...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 486 pàgines
...treatises of the ancients. This was a scheme of improvement which seems to have busied many literary projectors of that age. Cowley, who had more means...provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 pàgines
...that age. Cowley, who had more means than Milton of knowing what was wanting to the embellish-- ments of life, formed the same plan of education in his...provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 470 pàgines
...treatises of the ancients. This was a scheme of improvement which seems to have busied many literary projectors of that age. Cowley, who had more means...provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong... | |
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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... 
